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BREAKING: Federal prosecutors said today they went to a grand jury twice to indict a D.C. woman for assaulting an FBI agent during an arrest by ICE — and were twice rejected.

Notably, she faces the same charge as the District's alleged sandwich thrower.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
US Attorney Pirro's office admits grand jury refused ICE interference charges — twice
Federal prosecutors told a judge they had failed twice to secure an indictment against Sydney Lori Reid for allegedly assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest.
www.wusa9.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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"Terence Tao said he’s already getting feelers from institutions in other countries, as are other senior scholars." Trump's university funding cuts will result in our country losing brilliant researchers: www.thebulwark.com/p/terence-ta...
August 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
July 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Radley Balko is always worth reading, but when he talks about police militarization, he’s speaking as one of the most qualified journalists we have. He’s rather apocalyptic about where we are with a huge ICE force. He’s right.

open.substack.com/pub/radleyba...
The police militarization debate is over
Quaint disputes about the proper role of police and military have been superseded by a more urgent threat: Donald Trump is creating his own, personal paramilitary force
open.substack.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A Terrible Idea

By Dean Erwin Chemerinsky

On the reconciliation bill’s provision that would restrict federal courts’ authority to hold government officials in contempt for violating court orders

#RuleOfLaw #ContemptOfCourt #Congress
A Terrible Idea
Dean Chemerinsky discusses the reconciliation bill’s provision that would restrict federal courts’ authority to hold government officials in contempt for violating court orders
www.justsecurity.org
May 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM