Nick
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One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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The NTSB's preliminary report on the UPS MD-11 accident in Louisville is out.
"Examination of the left pylon aft mount lug fractures found evidence of fatigue cracks in addition to areas of overstress failure."
Yikes.
"Examination of the left pylon aft mount lug fractures found evidence of fatigue cracks in addition to areas of overstress failure."
Yikes.
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The NTSB's preliminary report on the UPS MD-11 accident in Louisville is out.
"Examination of the left pylon aft mount lug fractures found evidence of fatigue cracks in addition to areas of overstress failure."
Yikes.
"Examination of the left pylon aft mount lug fractures found evidence of fatigue cracks in addition to areas of overstress failure."
Yikes.
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Democrats are trying to rebuild before the midterms and the 2028 presidential election. Today's Starting Point explores whether the party’s future lies in the South.
When Democrats get in trouble, they’ve often turned to southern saviors. Will they again? - The Boston Globe
As Democrats seek a path back to power, some think the party should look southward.
trib.al
August 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Democrats are trying to rebuild before the midterms and the 2028 presidential election. Today's Starting Point explores whether the party’s future lies in the South.
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I wrote about Rubin again, this time about the telescope's capacity to find potentially dozens of interstellar objects.
It's going to be wild, as one astronomer put it, "like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it."
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
It's going to be wild, as one astronomer put it, "like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it."
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
Are interstellar objects proof of alien life? This could finally settle the debate.
The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it. It's going to be fun."
www.nationalgeographic.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I wrote about Rubin again, this time about the telescope's capacity to find potentially dozens of interstellar objects.
It's going to be wild, as one astronomer put it, "like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it."
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
It's going to be wild, as one astronomer put it, "like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the thing, point telescopes at it, argue about it."
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
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DOGE is a sabotage risk to any administration and likely already did irreversible damage.
No joke, Trump has to fire all of them now. They're a sabotage risk to the administration.
I wouldn't want to be a DOGE kid right now
June 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
DOGE is a sabotage risk to any administration and likely already did irreversible damage.
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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
June 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺
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June 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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"Getting rid of USAID is a very easy way of winning headlines... But if your one accomplishment in government is to rip funds away from the neediest, so that they can die, so they can be unmedicated, so that they can starve, that is a moral stain that I hope will haunt you 'til the day you die."
May 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Getting rid of USAID is a very easy way of winning headlines... But if your one accomplishment in government is to rip funds away from the neediest, so that they can die, so they can be unmedicated, so that they can starve, that is a moral stain that I hope will haunt you 'til the day you die."
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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
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When an American farmer sells $1 million worth of soy to China, the farmer and the US are losing money.
When an American farmer lets $1 million worth of soy rot in silos due to lack of customers, the farmer and the US are making money.
Very simple. You all just don't understand business.
When an American farmer lets $1 million worth of soy rot in silos due to lack of customers, the farmer and the US are making money.
Very simple. You all just don't understand business.
Trump: "We were losing hundreds of billions of dollars with China. Now we're essentially not doing business with China. Therefore, we're saving hundreds of billions of dollars. It's very simple."
May 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
When an American farmer sells $1 million worth of soy to China, the farmer and the US are losing money.
When an American farmer lets $1 million worth of soy rot in silos due to lack of customers, the farmer and the US are making money.
Very simple. You all just don't understand business.
When an American farmer lets $1 million worth of soy rot in silos due to lack of customers, the farmer and the US are making money.
Very simple. You all just don't understand business.
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Winston Churchill said of the Battle of Britain pilots, “Never was so much owed to so few.” To these cowardly Republicans, we can only say, “Never was so few to blame for so much.”
The Worst Generation www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-worst-...
The Worst Generation www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-worst-...
The Worst Generation
We owe a debt of gratitude to the Greatest Generation, which beat back authoritarianism around the globe. But today's Republican Party has made a mockery of that legacy.
www.lincolnsquare.media
April 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Winston Churchill said of the Battle of Britain pilots, “Never was so much owed to so few.” To these cowardly Republicans, we can only say, “Never was so few to blame for so much.”
The Worst Generation www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-worst-...
The Worst Generation www.lincolnsquare.media/p/the-worst-...
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You don't need to strip search & detain & deport too many white European tourists to crush the tourist industry.
Two backpacking German teenagers who had obtained ESTA approval from DHS were detained by CBP at the Honolulu airport, strip searched, jailed overnight, and ultimately deported to Japan because immigration officials weren’t satisfied with their lodging arrangements. beatofhawaii.com/why-these-ha...
April 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
You don't need to strip search & detain & deport too many white European tourists to crush the tourist industry.
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DHL announced a temporary suspension of all international business-to-consumer shipments to the United States with a declared customs value above US$800, due to a massive backlog as a result of the new customs regulations
www.dhl.com/hk-en/home/i...
www.dhl.com/hk-en/home/i...
www.dhl.com
April 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
DHL announced a temporary suspension of all international business-to-consumer shipments to the United States with a declared customs value above US$800, due to a massive backlog as a result of the new customs regulations
www.dhl.com/hk-en/home/i...
www.dhl.com/hk-en/home/i...
NEW: Nearly 200,000 fewer Europeans flew to the US in March, a 17% drop y/y, in the latest sign that Trump's policies are eroding foreign travelers desire to visit the US.
Airlines, however, have yet to notable cut transatlantic schedules this summer.
Airlines, however, have yet to notable cut transatlantic schedules this summer.
Nearly 200,000 fewer Europeans flew to the US in March, new data shows - The Points Guy
Europeans are joining the increasingly global cohort of travelers opting not to take trips to the U.S.
thepointsguy.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months.
I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.
I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.
April 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
One man just wiped out $10 trillion in wealth, is destroying centuries-old legal protections, and seems determined to unravel humanity’s greatest public health achievement. In 3 months.
I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.
I don’t know how we get out of this. But if we do, one person can never have that kind of power again.
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April 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
How soon before we have to break out the lettuce 🥬?
April 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
How soon before we have to break out the lettuce 🥬?
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‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
March 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
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Back to work after a week off and wanted to belatedly share thoughts on America's Middle East policy after a trip to DC this month. The first of which is that Trump has a skeleton crew: if personnel is policy, there's almost no policy because there are almost no personnel. 🧵
March 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Back to work after a week off and wanted to belatedly share thoughts on America's Middle East policy after a trip to DC this month. The first of which is that Trump has a skeleton crew: if personnel is policy, there's almost no policy because there are almost no personnel. 🧵
I got a lot of questions on US foreign policy while in Europe last week. Most foreigners were just baffled.
But anecdotal indicators already suggest travel demand to the US may be on the verge of collapse.
My latest dispatches.
But anecdotal indicators already suggest travel demand to the US may be on the verge of collapse.
My latest dispatches.
March Dispatches
Is travel demand to the U.S. collapsing?
open.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Airlines to airports: 'no, you must reduce fees and charges, pass efficiency gains on to us, your customers, we pressure the CAA to force you to do this'.
Also airlines, when resilience is exposed: 'I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!'
Also airlines, when resilience is exposed: 'I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!'
March 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Airlines to airports: 'no, you must reduce fees and charges, pass efficiency gains on to us, your customers, we pressure the CAA to force you to do this'.
Also airlines, when resilience is exposed: 'I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!'
Also airlines, when resilience is exposed: 'I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you!'
Spitballing here-but are we potentially @ peak current airline industry cycle? Political & economic uncertainty ⬆️ leading to ⬇ demand. Transatlantic market hit first.
February 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Spitballing here-but are we potentially @ peak current airline industry cycle? Political & economic uncertainty ⬆️ leading to ⬇ demand. Transatlantic market hit first.