RobynJLeader
@robynjleader.bsky.social
Attorney, Political Junky, O’s fan ⚾️, Interned for U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Lover of the Arts, Channeling DA Jack McCoy Daily ⚖️
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Trump calls for reviewing childhood vaccine schedule
RFK's handpicked CDC advisers roll back recommendation for newborns to get Hep B shots.
One CDC adviser who dissented: “We will see hepatitis B infections come back."
@lenasun.bsky.social @davidovalle.bsky.social on a dark day for public health
RFK's handpicked CDC advisers roll back recommendation for newborns to get Hep B shots.
One CDC adviser who dissented: “We will see hepatitis B infections come back."
@lenasun.bsky.social @davidovalle.bsky.social on a dark day for public health
Trump orders review of childhood vaccine schedule, calls U.S. an ‘outlier’
His announcement came hours after CDC advisers eliminated a long-standing recommendation for every newborn to receive a hepatitis B shot.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Trump calls for reviewing childhood vaccine schedule
RFK's handpicked CDC advisers roll back recommendation for newborns to get Hep B shots.
One CDC adviser who dissented: “We will see hepatitis B infections come back."
@lenasun.bsky.social @davidovalle.bsky.social on a dark day for public health
RFK's handpicked CDC advisers roll back recommendation for newborns to get Hep B shots.
One CDC adviser who dissented: “We will see hepatitis B infections come back."
@lenasun.bsky.social @davidovalle.bsky.social on a dark day for public health
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Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
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41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
41 minutes is a long time to sit in your air conditioned office watching men struggle to survive as you decide to kill them.
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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One reason not to tell the press in advance about seeking an indictment from the Grand Jury is that a No Bill becomes immediate news when the press asks to see the indictment.
Another reason is to comply with the Justice Manual (www.justice.gov/jm/jm-1-7000...)
Another reason is to comply with the Justice Manual (www.justice.gov/jm/jm-1-7000...)
Grand Jury Said to Decline to Re-Indict Letitia James
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
One reason not to tell the press in advance about seeking an indictment from the Grand Jury is that a No Bill becomes immediate news when the press asks to see the indictment.
Another reason is to comply with the Justice Manual (www.justice.gov/jm/jm-1-7000...)
Another reason is to comply with the Justice Manual (www.justice.gov/jm/jm-1-7000...)
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Last week, I spoke to SCOTUS scholar @leahlitman.bsky.social in an interview about how the Texas map case posed a test for the Roberts court.
It'd show "immense hypocrisy" to uphold Texas maps, but void Louisiana's, she said.
ICYMI at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/texas-loui...
It'd show "immense hypocrisy" to uphold Texas maps, but void Louisiana's, she said.
ICYMI at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/texas-loui...
Texas and Louisiana maps pose test for Roberts Court
SCOTUS scholar Leah Litman says it would show "immense hypocrisy" to uphold Texas maps, but void the Bayou State's.
www.allrisenews.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Last week, I spoke to SCOTUS scholar @leahlitman.bsky.social in an interview about how the Texas map case posed a test for the Roberts court.
It'd show "immense hypocrisy" to uphold Texas maps, but void Louisiana's, she said.
ICYMI at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/texas-loui...
It'd show "immense hypocrisy" to uphold Texas maps, but void Louisiana's, she said.
ICYMI at All Rise News www.allrisenews.com/p/texas-loui...
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons
The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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WOW! The Washington Post obtained the rest of the body cam footage showing that the drunk-driving ICE agent promised to check if the arresting officer's partner was Haitian. "I’m going to run some checks when I get back." He added that he would have him deported if "not legit."
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
WOW! The Washington Post obtained the rest of the body cam footage showing that the drunk-driving ICE agent promised to check if the arresting officer's partner was Haitian. "I’m going to run some checks when I get back." He added that he would have him deported if "not legit."
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A senior State Department official who was fired as a White House speechwriter during the first Trump administration for attending a gathering of white supremacists has been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.
Fired Speechwriter From First Trump Term Appointed to Lead the Institute of Peace
In 2018, the White House fired Darren Beattie for attending a gathering of white supremacists. Mr. Beattie will head the institute while keeping his senior State Department position.
nyti.ms
July 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A senior State Department official who was fired as a White House speechwriter during the first Trump administration for attending a gathering of white supremacists has been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.
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Update: Latest estimate confirms between Medicaid cuts and ACA rollback, total health care cuts in the Republican budget bill are now OVER $1 trillion.
Unbelievable. Latest update from the nonpartisan budget office says the Senate Republican bill now cuts nearly $1 TRILLION from Medicaid.
NEWS: Wyden Statement on New CBO Numbers Showing More than $930 Billion in Medicaid Cuts In New Senate Draft
June 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Update: Latest estimate confirms between Medicaid cuts and ACA rollback, total health care cuts in the Republican budget bill are now OVER $1 trillion.
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Not that he had much respect for the supposedly co-equal branch of the Judiciary in the first place…
Justice Sotomayor’s dissent in today’s birthright citizenship case is a wake up call for all of us: “No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates”
SCOTUS is essentially deciding to look the other way as Trump infringes on our rights and breaks our laws.
SCOTUS is essentially deciding to look the other way as Trump infringes on our rights and breaks our laws.
June 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Not that he had much respect for the supposedly co-equal branch of the Judiciary in the first place…
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The provisions on student loans in Trump’s budget bill would dramatically limit access to student loans and loan forgiveness, resulting in the smaller and less accessible version of higher Ed that people like Chris Rufo have been calling for newrepublic.com/article/1970...
The Republican Plot to Un-Educate America
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is an extinction-level event for higher education that would annihilate the country’s intellectual potential.
newrepublic.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The provisions on student loans in Trump’s budget bill would dramatically limit access to student loans and loan forgiveness, resulting in the smaller and less accessible version of higher Ed that people like Chris Rufo have been calling for newrepublic.com/article/1970...
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Today's decision previews a dystopian reality where a lawless President can dispense with the Constitution to deprive American children of their rights.
And whether these kids have the right to defend themselves now depends on the state in which they live.
That is un-American and wrong.
And whether these kids have the right to defend themselves now depends on the state in which they live.
That is un-American and wrong.
June 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Today's decision previews a dystopian reality where a lawless President can dispense with the Constitution to deprive American children of their rights.
And whether these kids have the right to defend themselves now depends on the state in which they live.
That is un-American and wrong.
And whether these kids have the right to defend themselves now depends on the state in which they live.
That is un-American and wrong.
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The Fed and FTC-the latter being subject of Humphrey's Executor-were both established during Woodrow Wilson's presidency. Roberts' attempt to distinguish them is farcical, and is emblematic of the shameless overreaching of right wing Justices that has only accelerated since Bush v Gore.
"The theory ginned up by the GOP justices to bless their expansive vision of presidential power has some real shortcomings. Taken for all its worth, it could allow POTUS to blow up the economy by firing the Fed chair. So they had to announce an absurd exception to it." — @leahlitman.bsky.social
Law for lawlessness
The Supreme Court's Trump v. Wilcox ruling reveals its own outlawry while enabling the administration's.
www.publicnotice.co
May 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Fed and FTC-the latter being subject of Humphrey's Executor-were both established during Woodrow Wilson's presidency. Roberts' attempt to distinguish them is farcical, and is emblematic of the shameless overreaching of right wing Justices that has only accelerated since Bush v Gore.
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RFK Jr is already walking back his claims about figuring out the cause of autism by September
May 23, 2025 at 1:37 AM
RFK Jr is already walking back his claims about figuring out the cause of autism by September
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Buttigieg: I’m not even an elected official or running for anything— I’m here. I can’t help but notice a lot of people who are elected officials aren’t. There’s a reason for that. They don’t want to have to explain this stuff
May 14, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Buttigieg: I’m not even an elected official or running for anything— I’m here. I can’t help but notice a lot of people who are elected officials aren’t. There’s a reason for that. They don’t want to have to explain this stuff
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How about some basic rules?
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
May 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
How about some basic rules?
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
--All law enforcement officers should wear identification
--No law enforcement officers should be allowed masks
--All law enforcement officers should wear and use body cams
...oh and...
--All law enforcement officers should understand, respect & follow the law
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A tale of two movies:
Similar deal structures. Similar budgets.
One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend.
The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second.
And yet this is the coverage.
Similar deal structures. Similar budgets.
One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend.
The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second.
And yet this is the coverage.
April 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A tale of two movies:
Similar deal structures. Similar budgets.
One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend.
The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second.
And yet this is the coverage.
Similar deal structures. Similar budgets.
One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend.
The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second.
And yet this is the coverage.
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Trump ends promising cancer research. USA! USA!
“Two patients’ treatments using the experimental therapy had to be delayed because NIH’s capacity to make personalized cell therapies has been slowed by the firing of highly skilled staff..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
“Two patients’ treatments using the experimental therapy had to be delayed because NIH’s capacity to make personalized cell therapies has been slowed by the firing of highly skilled staff..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it.
A big step forward in cancer therapy has been slowed by layoffs and new restrictions at the National Institutes of Health, where it was developed.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Trump ends promising cancer research. USA! USA!
“Two patients’ treatments using the experimental therapy had to be delayed because NIH’s capacity to make personalized cell therapies has been slowed by the firing of highly skilled staff..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
“Two patients’ treatments using the experimental therapy had to be delayed because NIH’s capacity to make personalized cell therapies has been slowed by the firing of highly skilled staff..."
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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In 2019 a BYU Japanese PhD student helped organized a fishing outing. The group caught more fish than they were allowed, but prosecutors decided not to charge him.
Now, his visa is being revoked.
Kudos to Rubio for keeping America safe.
www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04...
Now, his visa is being revoked.
Kudos to Rubio for keeping America safe.
www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04...
BYU grad student from Japan has visa revoked
Attorney for computer science Ph.D. candidate believes a fishing license incident from years ago may have triggered visa revocation.
www.deseret.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In 2019 a BYU Japanese PhD student helped organized a fishing outing. The group caught more fish than they were allowed, but prosecutors decided not to charge him.
Now, his visa is being revoked.
Kudos to Rubio for keeping America safe.
www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04...
Now, his visa is being revoked.
Kudos to Rubio for keeping America safe.
www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04...
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US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts reut.rs/42C4h1Z
April 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts reut.rs/42C4h1Z
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NEW: The CFPB has been gutted. More than 1,400 workers received RIF notices this afternoon, agency sources tell me. Around 200 employees are left. www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally-mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
NEW: The CFPB has been gutted. More than 1,400 workers received RIF notices this afternoon, agency sources tell me. Around 200 employees are left. www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...
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This is Goobs. He saw a tree crew working on his block and thinks he might have just found his dream job. 13/10
April 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is Goobs. He saw a tree crew working on his block and thinks he might have just found his dream job. 13/10