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There will be a Pulitzer prize for the journalist who can reveal the details of how this pardon happened.
December 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
There will be a Pulitzer prize for the journalist who can reveal the details of how this pardon happened.
Trump’s abuse of the pardon power has reached truly sickening levels.
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Trump’s abuse of the pardon power has reached truly sickening levels.
We really are entering a terrible Plessy 2.0 era with an added dose of hard core autocracy.
August 3, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We really are entering a terrible Plessy 2.0 era with an added dose of hard core autocracy.
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And, uh, some personal news: This is also my last column for The Post. I was offered and accepted a buyout.
To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!
To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!
For my column today, I wrote about how Trump leveraged America's collapsing trust in institutions — and how his second term has accelerated that collapse. Gift link: wapo.st/3IzN4QA
Opinion | When institutions crumble, strongmen step in
Trump wants to be the sole authority. With trust in institutions cratering, he sees his opportunity.
wapo.st
July 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
And, uh, some personal news: This is also my last column for The Post. I was offered and accepted a buyout.
To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!
To answer one possible next question, I'm not sure what's next save taking some time off. If you want, you can enter your email at pbump.net and I'll let you know when I figure it out!
Mike Lee and the whole MAGA cohort have become sociopaths. This is far beyond a "joke." It's absolutely condoning and justifying political murder. charliesykes.substack.com/p/have-you-a...
"Have you absolutely no conscience? No decency?"
Read this email to Mike Lee's office.
charliesykes.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Mike Lee and the whole MAGA cohort have become sociopaths. This is far beyond a "joke." It's absolutely condoning and justifying political murder. charliesykes.substack.com/p/have-you-a...
@gruber.foo @snell.zone I’ve been following Ricky as he’s done indie synth tunes and worked with Novation, Elektron, and others. He’s bringing a real indie vibe and passion for creativity. That Apple chose him is interesting and I hope a good sign for creative audio apps. youtu.be/YxnNUBt7z8s?...
What the hell just happened?
YouTube video by Ricky Tinez
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May 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
@gruber.foo @snell.zone I’ve been following Ricky as he’s done indie synth tunes and worked with Novation, Elektron, and others. He’s bringing a real indie vibe and passion for creativity. That Apple chose him is interesting and I hope a good sign for creative audio apps. youtu.be/YxnNUBt7z8s?...
"We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate."
May 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate."
OMG is this disgusting DHS Barbie propaganda ad going to play every break during the baseball game? 🤮
May 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
OMG is this disgusting DHS Barbie propaganda ad going to play every break during the baseball game? 🤮
Martin is a thuggish goon. He doesn’t belong anywhere near a leadership position in the DOJ. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h...
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Martin is a thuggish goon. He doesn’t belong anywhere near a leadership position in the DOJ. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h...
Trump’s aiding and abetting of Russia continues to be both craven and disastrous. What a failure.
April 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Trump’s aiding and abetting of Russia continues to be both craven and disastrous. What a failure.
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The bit leading up has to be seen to be believed. ICE erased students from the official foreign student database and told them to leave the country.
When Banias and others sued, ICE said nothing relevant had changed and the students could stay. Maybe? Or maybe not. Who knows? Not the government!
When Banias and others sued, ICE said nothing relevant had changed and the students could stay. Maybe? Or maybe not. Who knows? Not the government!
![Banias Law & @BaniasLaw
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Here is the colloquy leading up to this paragraph.
The judge coined the term "Shrodinger's Visa," which I find appropriate and pithy. #SaveSEVIS
#F1
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MR. [DOJ ATTORNEY]
I'm not able to answer that question,
Your Honor.
THE COURT: How are you not able to answer that
question? What does that even mean? He's either here legally or he's not here legally. You're the government's lawyer. Is he here legally? I mean, how is Mr. [client] supposed to know if he's here legally if you don't even know if he is here legally?
MR. He was lawfully admitted to the United
States --
THE COURT: No, no, Mr. [DOJ Attorney] there's a -- no, no Mr. [DOJ Attorney] there is a yes or no answer here. We are not --
this is not Schrodinger's visa, either he's here legally or he's not here legally. If you cannot answer the question, you have to explain to me why you cannot answer that question.
MR. [DOJ ATTORNEY]
I cannot answer that question. I have
talked to ICE as to whether or not they consider at this point in time the individual, whether or not they are maintaining lawful status.
THE COURT: And what does ICE say to that?
MR. [DOJ ATTORNEY]
I have not received a response](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifhs73rqksovslobfolhcryr4gfur6rdnoedo6bn6jbn2hoxactnu@jpeg)
April 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The bit leading up has to be seen to be believed. ICE erased students from the official foreign student database and told them to leave the country.
When Banias and others sued, ICE said nothing relevant had changed and the students could stay. Maybe? Or maybe not. Who knows? Not the government!
When Banias and others sued, ICE said nothing relevant had changed and the students could stay. Maybe? Or maybe not. Who knows? Not the government!
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Over on X, a tale of the madness currently playing out with student visas is currently going viral on the basis of an astonishing quote from a judge calling what the Trump administration is doing “Kafkaesque.”
The lawsuit is one of Banias. law’s emergency TRO cases and the quote is from 5 days ago.
The lawsuit is one of Banias. law’s emergency TRO cases and the quote is from 5 days ago.
![[QT] Sasha Gusev @SashaGusevPosts •1d
This has to be one of the craziest admissions from A JUDGE that l've ever seen in a court transcript. What the hell are we doing here?!
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THE COURT: Do you realize that this is Kafkaesque?
I've got two experienced immigration lawyers on behalf of a client who is months away from graduation, who has done nothing wrong, who has been terminated from a system that you all keep telling me has no effect on his immigration status, although that clearly is BS. And now, his two very experienced lawyers can't even tell him whether or not he's here legally, because the Court can't tell him whether or not he's here legally, because the government's counsel can't tell him if he's here legally.
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@ Dr. Émile P. Torres@xriskology•1d
Four students at Case Western Reserve
University -- my university —- were told that their visas had been revoked and that they will need to leave the country, while the semester is still going. Now, turns out, the...
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April 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Over on X, a tale of the madness currently playing out with student visas is currently going viral on the basis of an astonishing quote from a judge calling what the Trump administration is doing “Kafkaesque.”
The lawsuit is one of Banias. law’s emergency TRO cases and the quote is from 5 days ago.
The lawsuit is one of Banias. law’s emergency TRO cases and the quote is from 5 days ago.
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"
www.404media.co/leaked-palan...
www.404media.co/leaked-palan...
Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People
Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature pa...
www.404media.co
April 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"
www.404media.co/leaked-palan...
www.404media.co/leaked-palan...
This is a Cracker Jack Forth Circuit order. Worth reading in full. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
2025-04-17 Court Order dckt
www.documentcloud.org
April 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is a Cracker Jack Forth Circuit order. Worth reading in full. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
These cases aren’t only about one person or how perfect they are. They’re about the rule of law and due process.
April 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
These cases aren’t only about one person or how perfect they are. They’re about the rule of law and due process.
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Speaking now from El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia by El Salvador leaders. And was denied a phone call to him
Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"
Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"
April 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Speaking now from El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia by El Salvador leaders. And was denied a phone call to him
Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"
Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"
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New on the all-but-inevitable GOP effort to steal the 2026 midterms. www.offmessage.net/p/they-are-g...
They Are Going To Try
Don't be lulled into complacency by smooth-running special elections
www.offmessage.net
April 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
New on the all-but-inevitable GOP effort to steal the 2026 midterms. www.offmessage.net/p/they-are-g...
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18F. US Digital Service. The Office of Transformation at SSA. Across the government the technologists who combined real tech skills with knowledge of policy and a commitment to making things work are being pushed out, replaced by Musk acolytes with no real plan to make govt work.
“They’re not really using AI, they’re not really driving efficiency. What they’re doing is smashing everything,” the former official said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse
Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE. “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director.
www.politico.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
18F. US Digital Service. The Office of Transformation at SSA. Across the government the technologists who combined real tech skills with knowledge of policy and a commitment to making things work are being pushed out, replaced by Musk acolytes with no real plan to make govt work.
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"A federal judge on Tuesday blocked" Trump's "retribution campaign" against Susman Godfrey and others, calling it "'a shocking abuse of power....While I wish other firms were not capitulating as readily, I admire firms like Susman for standing up and challenging it.'”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
Judge Blocks Trump From Retaliating Against Susman Godfrey Law Firm
It’s the latest setback to the president’s efforts to wield government power to punish law firms. A federal judge called it “a shocking abuse of power.”
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
"A federal judge on Tuesday blocked" Trump's "retribution campaign" against Susman Godfrey and others, calling it "'a shocking abuse of power....While I wish other firms were not capitulating as readily, I admire firms like Susman for standing up and challenging it.'”
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...