Tim Lambert
@timlambert-pa.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief @penncapital-star.com. Breaking down how policy and politics in Pennsylvania impacts you.
Husband, Happy's dad, journalist, history guy and traveler.
https://penncapital-star.com/
Husband, Happy's dad, journalist, history guy and traveler.
https://penncapital-star.com/
“The teenager told the officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer proceeded to break the car’s driver’s side window and detain him. In a video…boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“The teenager told the officers he was a U.S. citizen, but an officer proceeded to break the car’s driver’s side window and detain him. In a video…boy can be heard telling an officer that he is a citizen, to which the officer replies, “Get out of the car” and “I don’t care.”
Still sounds as raw and as urgent as it did the first time I listened to it — 31 years ago today.
31 years later. Happy anniversary, Vitalogy!
Thank you to Chris B., Zac P., and Timothy S. for sharing your ephemera!
Listen to the album: pj.lnk.to/vitalogyhubTP
Thank you to Chris B., Zac P., and Timothy S. for sharing your ephemera!
Listen to the album: pj.lnk.to/vitalogyhubTP
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Still sounds as raw and as urgent as it did the first time I listened to it — 31 years ago today.
Reposted by Tim Lambert
Until this year, the Justice Department had never used the “pattern or practice” law — historically a tool to investigate police misconduct — on behalf of gun owners. Harmeet K. Dhillon, head of the Civil Rights Division, has suggested that the DOJ’s gun rights work is just getting started.
At the Justice Department, Civil Rights Now Means Gun Rights
The Civil Rights Division was created to protect the disempowered. Under Trump, it's working to dismantle gun restrictions.
www.thetrace.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Until this year, the Justice Department had never used the “pattern or practice” law — historically a tool to investigate police misconduct — on behalf of gun owners. Harmeet K. Dhillon, head of the Civil Rights Division, has suggested that the DOJ’s gun rights work is just getting started.
Reposted by Tim Lambert
The Salt Lake Tribune, which went from for-profit to non-profit 6 years ago, is about to drop its paywall. "The Tribune cannot afford to limit who has access to independent and trusted news."
Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
The Salt Lake Tribune will drop its paywall next year, CEO tells donors at NewsMakers gala
After years of requiring people to pay for online news content, The Tribune announced an upcoming change during its 2025 annual NewsMakers Gala.
www.sltrib.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The Salt Lake Tribune, which went from for-profit to non-profit 6 years ago, is about to drop its paywall. "The Tribune cannot afford to limit who has access to independent and trusted news."
Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
Meanwhile, it just launched a new newspaper in southern Utah.
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/11...
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BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Redistricting efforts in Texas and California have grabbed headlines, but similar fights are playing out across the country.
However, Utah’s case is unique. Their redistricting fight was spearheaded by Utah voters, who ultimately won.
@statesnewsroom.com
However, Utah’s case is unique. Their redistricting fight was spearheaded by Utah voters, who ultimately won.
@statesnewsroom.com
Podcast: Beyond Utah’s new maps, and will mid-decade redistricting be the new normal? • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Redistricting efforts in Texas and California have grabbed headlines, but similar fights are playing out across the country. GOP-led states such as Indiana are facing pressure from the president to re...
penncapital-star.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Redistricting efforts in Texas and California have grabbed headlines, but similar fights are playing out across the country.
However, Utah’s case is unique. Their redistricting fight was spearheaded by Utah voters, who ultimately won.
@statesnewsroom.com
However, Utah’s case is unique. Their redistricting fight was spearheaded by Utah voters, who ultimately won.
@statesnewsroom.com
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Episode 3 is live! This week, host @fitzsimon.bsky.social, along with @kmckellar.bsky.social of @utahnewsdispatch.com, will address Utah’s new maps and the rise of mid-decade redistricting efforts.
www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/beyo...
#FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism
www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/beyo...
#FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism
Beyond Utah’s new maps, and will mid-decade redistricting be the new normal? | News From The States
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Episode 3 is live! This week, host @fitzsimon.bsky.social, along with @kmckellar.bsky.social of @utahnewsdispatch.com, will address Utah’s new maps and the rise of mid-decade redistricting efforts.
www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/beyo...
#FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism
www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/beyo...
#FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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The Coast Guard reversed its 'swastikas aren't all that bad' policy just hours after the Washpost broke the story.
It's both surprising, and good, to see that one government agency these days is capable of being embarrassed, and changing course quickly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
It's both surprising, and good, to see that one government agency these days is capable of being embarrassed, and changing course quickly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Coast Guard reversed its 'swastikas aren't all that bad' policy just hours after the Washpost broke the story.
It's both surprising, and good, to see that one government agency these days is capable of being embarrassed, and changing course quickly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
It's both surprising, and good, to see that one government agency these days is capable of being embarrassed, and changing course quickly.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Happy Friday, friendos.
Time to rise and grind with an ear worm that was the best song I heard on my commute to work:
"Well I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off the grin
I know where you've been
It's all been a pack of lies"
Time to rise and grind with an ear worm that was the best song I heard on my commute to work:
"Well I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off the grin
I know where you've been
It's all been a pack of lies"
Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Phil Collins
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Happy Friday, friendos.
Time to rise and grind with an ear worm that was the best song I heard on my commute to work:
"Well I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off the grin
I know where you've been
It's all been a pack of lies"
Time to rise and grind with an ear worm that was the best song I heard on my commute to work:
"Well I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off the grin
I know where you've been
It's all been a pack of lies"
Reposted by Tim Lambert
Pennsylvania is hoping to secure its own slice of a $50 billion rural health fund in the face of federal Medicaid cuts, with a focus on bolstering a beleaguered workforce and expanding health access for more than two million people.
@wdownard.bsky.social breaks down the 67-page application.
@wdownard.bsky.social breaks down the 67-page application.
Pa.’s rural health application reveals priorities in federal funding request • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Pennsylvania applied for $1 billion in rural health care funding over five years, focusing on workforce development and technology.
penncapital-star.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Pennsylvania is hoping to secure its own slice of a $50 billion rural health fund in the face of federal Medicaid cuts, with a focus on bolstering a beleaguered workforce and expanding health access for more than two million people.
@wdownard.bsky.social breaks down the 67-page application.
@wdownard.bsky.social breaks down the 67-page application.
Reposted by Tim Lambert
SCOOP: A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether FHFA director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of President Trump's critics. With @carolleonnig.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
SCOOP: A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether FHFA director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of President Trump's critics. With @carolleonnig.bsky.social
Reposted by Tim Lambert
Federal Border Patrol agents have left Charlotte, North Carolina, local officials said on Thursday, ending a brief operation that had expanded the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Border Patrol Ends Operation in Charlotte, N.C.
The operation, which led to more than 370 arrests, had put a purple state firmly at the center of one of the Trump administration’s most visible immigration strategies.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Federal Border Patrol agents have left Charlotte, North Carolina, local officials said on Thursday, ending a brief operation that had expanded the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Yes.
You know you want to scream THAT line at the top of your lungs every day. @artsorority.bsky.social and I go deep on "Killing in the Name" in our latest episode for All Songs Plus. Rage Against the Machine forever! Sign up to hear the pod here: www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
All Songs+: “Killing in the Name” by Rage Against the Machine : All Songs Considered
This is a new series on All Songs Considered, hosted by NPR Music critic Ann Powers and editor Daoud Tyler-Ameen. Most of what you hear on All Songs is focused on new music, but now, every other Thurs...
www.npr.org
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Yes.
Remember just 81 years ago, American and allied solders were dying in France, Belgium and other European countries to ensure the enemy wearing this “potentially divisive” symbol would be overwhelmingly defeated.
"The Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika as a hate symbol.
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
"Instead, the Coast Guard will classify the Nazi insignia as 'potentially divisive' under its new guidelines.
"The new policy similarly downgrades the definition of nooses and the Confederate flag."
Free link wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Remember just 81 years ago, American and allied solders were dying in France, Belgium and other European countries to ensure the enemy wearing this “potentially divisive” symbol would be overwhelmingly defeated.
“But of the more than two dozen people arrested for impeding or assaulting federal officers or other protest-related offenses, none have gone to trial and charges have been dropped against at least nine of them. Judges have expressed skepticism over the strength of some cases.”
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors dismiss charges against a woman who was shot seven times by a Border Patrol agent in Chicago.
Federal prosecutors dismiss charges against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Chicago
Federal prosecutors have moved to dismiss charges they brought against a woman shot by a Border Patrol agent last month amid a federal immigration crackdown in the Chicago area.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
“But of the more than two dozen people arrested for impeding or assaulting federal officers or other protest-related offenses, none have gone to trial and charges have been dropped against at least nine of them. Judges have expressed skepticism over the strength of some cases.”
I mean it 2025…just stop.
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I mean it 2025…just stop.
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Important dissention on the legality of strikes
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Important dissention on the legality of strikes
Thread
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Good morning, friendos, from Amtrak's Pennsylvania line headed to Philly.
This felt like a fitting pick for the best song I heard on my commute to work:
"But now it's time for me to go
The autumn moon lights my way
For now, I smell the rain, and with it, pain
And it's headed my way"
This felt like a fitting pick for the best song I heard on my commute to work:
"But now it's time for me to go
The autumn moon lights my way
For now, I smell the rain, and with it, pain
And it's headed my way"
Led Zeppelin - Ramble On (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Led Zeppelin
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Good morning, friendos, from Amtrak's Pennsylvania line headed to Philly.
This felt like a fitting pick for the best song I heard on my commute to work:
"But now it's time for me to go
The autumn moon lights my way
For now, I smell the rain, and with it, pain
And it's headed my way"
This felt like a fitting pick for the best song I heard on my commute to work:
"But now it's time for me to go
The autumn moon lights my way
For now, I smell the rain, and with it, pain
And it's headed my way"
Reposted by Tim Lambert
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Reposted by Tim Lambert
According to five other immigration lawyers across the country who spoke with the Phoenix, the immigration sphere began to slowly shift toward the digital world a decade ago before exploding after the COVID-19 pandemic.
From the @floridaphoenix.com
From the @floridaphoenix.com
The O1 visa is for 'extraordinary' talent: Among its users? Influencers and OnlyFans models • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
In 2018, immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick noticed that a massive influx of overseas social media influencers were trying to obtain a highly exclusive visa reserved for wealthy and influential immig...
penncapital-star.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
According to five other immigration lawyers across the country who spoke with the Phoenix, the immigration sphere began to slowly shift toward the digital world a decade ago before exploding after the COVID-19 pandemic.
From the @floridaphoenix.com
From the @floridaphoenix.com