N E Azil
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BREAKING: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin.
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
New, at Law Dork:
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
New, at Law Dork:
Breaking: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
www.lawdork.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
BREAKING: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin.
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
New, at Law Dork:
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
New, at Law Dork:
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The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
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The “piggy” comment is really disturbing.
Yes it is bullying and just mean and disrespectful.
But it’s probably also indicative of a continuing loss of inhibitory control. And that’s a sign of cognitive decline.
Yes it is bullying and just mean and disrespectful.
But it’s probably also indicative of a continuing loss of inhibitory control. And that’s a sign of cognitive decline.
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The “piggy” comment is really disturbing.
Yes it is bullying and just mean and disrespectful.
But it’s probably also indicative of a continuing loss of inhibitory control. And that’s a sign of cognitive decline.
Yes it is bullying and just mean and disrespectful.
But it’s probably also indicative of a continuing loss of inhibitory control. And that’s a sign of cognitive decline.
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A view of this year's extreme sea surface temperatures and recent warming across the North Pacific... 🌊
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-October period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-October period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A view of this year's extreme sea surface temperatures and recent warming across the North Pacific... 🌊
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-October period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-October period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
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Trump on MBS: "He's investing $1 trillion into the United States." (The entire GDP of Saudi Arabia is $1.1 trillion, so yeah, this isn't happening)
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Trump on MBS: "He's investing $1 trillion into the United States." (The entire GDP of Saudi Arabia is $1.1 trillion, so yeah, this isn't happening)
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If you want to know why a federal court struck down Texas' new congressional map, read this. It is an amazing example of Trump's DOJ utter incompetence. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump DOJ’s ‘Ham-Fisted’ Letter Key to Ruling Blocking Texas Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If you want to know why a federal court struck down Texas' new congressional map, read this. It is an amazing example of Trump's DOJ utter incompetence. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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worth restating that the best solution to all this stupid bullshit is and always has been MEDICARE FOR ALL. get everyone on there, add dental and vision, get rid of most cost-sharing, and clamp down hard on price gouging
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
worth restating that the best solution to all this stupid bullshit is and always has been MEDICARE FOR ALL. get everyone on there, add dental and vision, get rid of most cost-sharing, and clamp down hard on price gouging
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The government claims two weeks of surveillance footage from Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and won’t be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
Two Weeks of Surveillance Footage From ICE Detention Center ‘Irretrievably Destroyed’
"Defendants have indicated that some video between October 19, 2025 and October 31, 2025 has been irretrievably destroyed and therefore cannot be produced on an expedited basis or at all."
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The government claims two weeks of surveillance footage from Broadview ICE Detention Center has been "irretrievably destroyed" and won’t be produced as evidence in a lawsuit against the government over abhorrent conditions there:
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
www.404media.co/two-weeks-of...
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More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists took part in Cop30, investigation finds
More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists took part in Cop30, investigation finds
Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit
More than 300 industrial agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation has found.
The number of lobbyists representing the interests of industrial cattle farming, commodity grains and pesticides is up 14% on last year’s summit in Baku – and larger than the delegation of the world’s 10th largest economy, Canada, which brought 220 delegates to Cop30 in Belém, according to the joint investigation by DeSmog and the Guardian. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists took part in Cop30, investigation finds
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SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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Just a reminder that any of us would be fired in a heartbeat if we did this.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Just a reminder that any of us would be fired in a heartbeat if we did this.
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Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death. They were surprised by how little plastic can be dangerous. www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is what happens when you toss plastic or don’t pick up what’s there.
This is what happens when you toss plastic or don’t pick up what’s there.
From seabirds to sea turtles: the fatal toll of plastic revealed
A new study pinpoints the deadly thresholds of plastic ingestion for marine life.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death. They were surprised by how little plastic can be dangerous. www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is what happens when you toss plastic or don’t pick up what’s there.
This is what happens when you toss plastic or don’t pick up what’s there.
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Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 425 ppm in October 2025
10 years ago October averaged about 398 ppm
Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
10 years ago October averaged about 398 ppm
Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) averaged about 425 ppm in October 2025
10 years ago October averaged about 398 ppm
Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
10 years ago October averaged about 398 ppm
Data available at gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
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If you email us proof of cancellation of your New York Times subscription (send to help@currentaffairs.org), we’ll give you a FREE year-long digital subscription to Current Affairs.
NYT continues its long history of publishing op-eds pushing criminal wars of aggression
November 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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This is a very dangerous moment for the country and the world. A cornered rat will do anything to escape.
November 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is a very dangerous moment for the country and the world. A cornered rat will do anything to escape.
<cough> Thread: <cough>
Please join us as we welcome White House Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett to “This Week”
a dog laying on the floor next to a laundry basket in a living room
ALT: a dog laying on the floor next to a laundry basket in a living room
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:13 PM
<cough> Thread: <cough>
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More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém, significantly outnumbering every single country’s delegation apart from the host Brazil, new analysis has found.
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém, significantly outnumbering every single country’s delegation apart from the host Brazil, new analysis has found.
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Rep. Thomas Massie says the House parliamentarian has assured him that the signatures on the Epstein discharge petition are locked in and cannot be removed. The petition has to “ripen“ for 7 days of Congress being in session. Then a vote, unless Trump & Johnson have a new trick.
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Rep. Thomas Massie says the House parliamentarian has assured him that the signatures on the Epstein discharge petition are locked in and cannot be removed. The petition has to “ripen“ for 7 days of Congress being in session. Then a vote, unless Trump & Johnson have a new trick.
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Discharge petition timeline: it now takes seven legislative days to "ripen," after which a vote within two legislative days. Most likely early December.
That gets you to Massie's standalone Epstein files bill. It would still have to pass the Senate and either be signed (heh) or a veto overridden.
That gets you to Massie's standalone Epstein files bill. It would still have to pass the Senate and either be signed (heh) or a veto overridden.
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Discharge petition timeline: it now takes seven legislative days to "ripen," after which a vote within two legislative days. Most likely early December.
That gets you to Massie's standalone Epstein files bill. It would still have to pass the Senate and either be signed (heh) or a veto overridden.
That gets you to Massie's standalone Epstein files bill. It would still have to pass the Senate and either be signed (heh) or a veto overridden.
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The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted. www.wired.com/story/dhs-ke...
DHS Kept Chicago Police Records for Months in Violation of Domestic Espionage Rules
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted.
www.wired.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted. www.wired.com/story/dhs-ke...
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In the last 28 years, Alaska’s rural school districts have made close to 1,800 requests to the state to maintain and repair their crumbling public schools, which also frequently serve as emergency shelters.
Only 14% have been approved.
(Published March w/ KYUK and @npr.org)
Only 14% have been approved.
(Published March w/ KYUK and @npr.org)
A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that…
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In the last 28 years, Alaska’s rural school districts have made close to 1,800 requests to the state to maintain and repair their crumbling public schools, which also frequently serve as emergency shelters.
Only 14% have been approved.
(Published March w/ KYUK and @npr.org)
Only 14% have been approved.
(Published March w/ KYUK and @npr.org)
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An estimated one-quarter of IRS tax evasion agents have been repurposed to immigration enforcement. Instead of tracking high-end tax evaders, they are looking for metro fare evaders. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/five-quest...
November 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
An estimated one-quarter of IRS tax evasion agents have been repurposed to immigration enforcement. Instead of tracking high-end tax evaders, they are looking for metro fare evaders. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/five-quest...
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Eleven states and the District of Columbia have seen double digit increases in the cost of residential electricity over the last year.
In New Jersey, electricity costs are up over 20%.
In DC, that number is over 30%.
In New Jersey, electricity costs are up over 20%.
In DC, that number is over 30%.
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Eleven states and the District of Columbia have seen double digit increases in the cost of residential electricity over the last year.
In New Jersey, electricity costs are up over 20%.
In DC, that number is over 30%.
In New Jersey, electricity costs are up over 20%.
In DC, that number is over 30%.
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After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...