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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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bubbaprog.xyz
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Gaming has come a long way to reach this level of awards show cringe
December 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/o...
Opinion | Pope Leo Doesn’t Want to Be the Anti-Trump. But He Is.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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sharonk.bsky.social
ah, well
sharonk.bsky.social Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 23
a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
September 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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espiers.bsky.social
This is part of it; it’s a display of a kind of wealth. But it’s also meant to intimidate. Every old Trumpist dude I know from home who has this kind of arsenal talks a big game about what’s gonna happen the second somebody messes with him but is quietly terrified of anything new he encounters…
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 27
IMO many Americans don't even buy guns for personal protection or to defend themselves against a tyrannical government. They simply have a shopping addiction
A family outside their home. Their deck is loaded with guns. A man in his living room. His living room is full of guns. There's also a big safe labeled "Liberty." A man outside his home. The walkway into his home is full of guns. A woman outside her garage. The front of her home is full of guns, some laid out in a star formation.
August 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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kfile.bsky.social
NEW: The nominee to run the Office of Special Counsel shared a 911 truther video last year on *911*, has ties to a holocaust denier, and said in a video we uncovered that straight white men are the smartest group and should be prioritized. He’s 30.

www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/p...
Trump’s pick to lead whistleblower office shared 9/11 truther video | CNN Politics
He’s 30, loyal to Trump and pushed election lies. It’s a role designed to be politically independent.
www.cnn.com
July 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Fascinating that the NYT can 1) lament a lack of great choices without considering that maybe Cuomo’s list of endorsements from the powerful plays a part and 2) say Landers would be great if he wasn’t so boring, yet pine away for another Bloomberg
Opinion | Our Advice to Voters in a Vexing Race for New York Mayor
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June 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
“Job Garcia, a doctoral student, was picking up an order at Home Depot. He texted his brother Elias Garcia: ‘Hey Elias me agarro ICE,’ it read. ICE got me.

“Elias has not been able to talk to his brother to find out why he was arrested.

“Job is a U.S. citizen.”

www.latimes.com/california/s...
Raid at a Home Depot in Hollywood shatters an immigrant refuge
Immigration agents arrest dozens around Home Depot in Hollywood, shattering the lives of the vendors and their families who created a makeshift community there.
www.latimes.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
The Founders assumed Congress would defend its prerogatives, not sit passively as the Constitution is subverted
seanwoods.bsky.social Sean Woods @seanwoods.bsky.social · May 12
Congress must act. “This is a takeover of a major component of the legislative branch,” the expert tells Rolling Stone. “There’s no reason that they’re going to stop there.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump Is Trying to Take Control of Congress Through Its Library
Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to take over the Library of Congress, its latest effort to subsume the legislative branch.
www.rollingstone.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Wow, who would have predicted this incredibly predictable outcome

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Exclusive | Venerable New York Firm That Struck a Deal With Trump Is Losing Lawyers
Cadwalader avoided a punitive executive order, but the accord has left the firm in turmoil.
www.wsj.com
May 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Columbia undergrad Mohsen Mahdawi can stay free on bail, per unanimous US Court of Appeals for Second Circuit. It denies govt's stay and mandamus requests.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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celestepewter.bsky.social
All, most of you know by now what happened to me in February.

I've written an essay about this for @harpersbazaar.uol.com.br.web.brid.gy, and I hope you'll give it a read:
All The Women I Met in Jail
A law meant to help victims of domestic violence often results in their arrest. One woman details surviving abuse and the system that claimed to protect her.
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April 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court.

Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
(ORDER LIST: 604 U.S.) SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2025 24A1007 ORDER IN PENDING CASE A.A.R.P., ET AL. V. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF U.S., ET AL. There is before the Court an application on behalf of a putative class of detainees seeking an injunction against their removal under the Alien Enemies Act. The matter is currently pending before the Fifth Circuit. Upon action by the Fifth Circuit, the Solicitor General is invited to file a response to the application before this Court as soon as possible. The Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this Court. See 28 U. S. C. §1651(a). Justice Thomas and Justice Alito dissent from the Court's order. Statement from Justice Alito to follow.
April 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
#handsoff SF
April 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
this is the plumbing of kleptocracy being laid.
ericcolumbus.bsky.social Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · Mar 30
This is *extremely* alarming — White House fires a career federal prosecutor because he (1) went after a politically connected businessman and (2) criticized Trump during a 2020 congressional bid.

“White House fires a career prosecutor” is itself unprecedented.

www.latimes.com/california/s...
White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DON The Department of Justice in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press) By Brittny Mejia, James Queally, Matt Hamilton and Matthew Ormseth March 29, 2025 6:24 PM PT A federal prosecutor in Los Angeles was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in Washington to drop all charges against him, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Adam Schleifer was terminated Friday morning, receiving an email informing him that the dismissal was "on behalf of President Donald J. Trump," according to two of the sources, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals from federal officials. Joseph T. McNally, the acting U.S. attorney for the Central District of California who is Schleifer's boss, was not involved in the decision, the sources said. Though U.S. attorneys are political appointees who often ally with the agenda of the current presidential administration, line prosecutors like Schleifer are normally considered career employees. But since taking office, the Trump administration has made a point to drive those seen as political enemies from all levels of the federal government. "This is the most overtly political firing I've seen in my time at the Department of Justice," said Palmer, the former federal prosecutor. "I could absolutely see it having kind of a chilling effect. I also think current prosecutors are concerned about the ability to have free speech. An AUSA [assistant U.S. attorney] who I spoke to said they are concerned that the only people who will be allowed to stay are Republicans or very quiet Democrats." "The message from Adam's case is that if you're going to indict some run-of-the-mill CEO of a company, you need to check if he's a Trump supporter first," the former prosecutor said. "It's going to cause line prosecutors to be considerably more careful about pursuing anyone who has even tenuous connections to the president, which is not good for the DOJ."
March 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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ericcolumbus.bsky.social
This is *extremely* alarming — White House fires a career federal prosecutor because he (1) went after a politically connected businessman and (2) criticized Trump during a 2020 congressional bid.

“White House fires a career prosecutor” is itself unprecedented.

www.latimes.com/california/s...
White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor on ex-Fatburger CEO case, sources say DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DON The Department of Justice in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press) By Brittny Mejia, James Queally, Matt Hamilton and Matthew Ormseth March 29, 2025 6:24 PM PT A federal prosecutor in Los Angeles was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in Washington to drop all charges against him, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Adam Schleifer was terminated Friday morning, receiving an email informing him that the dismissal was "on behalf of President Donald J. Trump," according to two of the sources, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals from federal officials. Joseph T. McNally, the acting U.S. attorney for the Central District of California who is Schleifer's boss, was not involved in the decision, the sources said. Though U.S. attorneys are political appointees who often ally with the agenda of the current presidential administration, line prosecutors like Schleifer are normally considered career employees. But since taking office, the Trump administration has made a point to drive those seen as political enemies from all levels of the federal government. "This is the most overtly political firing I've seen in my time at the Department of Justice," said Palmer, the former federal prosecutor. "I could absolutely see it having kind of a chilling effect. I also think current prosecutors are concerned about the ability to have free speech. An AUSA [assistant U.S. attorney] who I spoke to said they are concerned that the only people who will be allowed to stay are Republicans or very quiet Democrats." "The message from Adam's case is that if you're going to indict some run-of-the-mill CEO of a company, you need to check if he's a Trump supporter first," the former prosecutor said. "It's going to cause line prosecutors to be considerably more careful about pursuing anyone who has even tenuous connections to the president, which is not good for the DOJ."
March 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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bmceuen.bsky.social
Yeah that’s kind of the problem, isn’t it?
saletan.bsky.social Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · Mar 26
If you had shown me this picture in a Democratic campaign ad last fall, I would have rolled my eyes at the ridiculous overkill
March 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Gift link. Must read is all I’ll say.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/?gift=XHiuW3RmCwuNk4NdXCmK1oTZ5LKUorY4Rnu6OzWvnV4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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March 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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sahilkapur.bsky.social
Extraordinary moment — Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer.

"Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.
March 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
not young here but fuming
Schumer’s Retreat From a Government Shutdown Has Young Democrats Fuming
A generational divide, seen in newer lawmakers’ impatience with bipartisanship and for colleagues who don’t understand new media, has emerged as one of the deepest rifts within the party.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Lawfare's Trump Administration Litigation tracker is a useful resource.
www.lawfaremedia.org/projects-ser...
Tracking Trump Administration Litigation
Find legal challenges to executive orders and actions from the Trump administration.
www.lawfaremedia.org
March 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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jmiers230.bsky.social
I'm bored on my flight.

Semi-controversial things I did as a millennial law prof teaching first semester 1Ls. 🧵
March 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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mommamia.bsky.social
More of this, please –
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ICYMI-this is a must see: Representative John Larson (D) calling out Elon Musk and not holding back…
Well done! THANK YOU.
March 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM