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Editor; bibliophile; Francophile; Yankee fan; mac-and-cheese aficionado; parrot enthusiast. Lover of semicolons.
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Someone just figured out that threatening a member of Congress with murder is a prosecutable crime, even under the recent Supreme Court immunity decision.
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Someone just figured out that threatening a member of Congress with murder is a prosecutable crime, even under the recent Supreme Court immunity decision.
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Ellis repeatedly accuses multiple CBP and ICE officials of lying (under oath) and says their "widespread misrepresentations call into question everything" they "say they are doing in their characterization of what is happening." She broadly discredits their testimony as objectively false.
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just handed down the written opinion version of her preliminary injunction order, regarding use of force by federal agents in Chicago.
It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.
It's 233 pages.
Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
It's the one already put on hold by the 7th Circuit.
It's 233 pages.
Here you go: cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ellis repeatedly accuses multiple CBP and ICE officials of lying (under oath) and says their "widespread misrepresentations call into question everything" they "say they are doing in their characterization of what is happening." She broadly discredits their testimony as objectively false.
Not specifically the best time to be alive, especially given that leadership wants you dead.
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Not specifically the best time to be alive, especially given that leadership wants you dead.
J, and I cannot stress this enough, FC.
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
J, and I cannot stress this enough, FC.
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This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
The CDC website now disseminates disinformation about vaccines, claiming erroneously that infant vaccines might cause autism, when we know conclusively that they do not. It is difficult to overstate just how dangerous this is. www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safe...
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.
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The left has a problem with political violence. Anyway, here’s the President of the United States saying his political opponents should be executed.
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The left has a problem with political violence. Anyway, here’s the President of the United States saying his political opponents should be executed.
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ICYMI: Yesterday, the CDC updated its vaccine safety page to say that vaccines might cause autism (they don’t) and that the science isn’t settled (it is).
For substantiation, the page links out to several studies by anti-vax allies of HHS Robert Kennedy Jr.
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
For substantiation, the page links out to several studies by anti-vax allies of HHS Robert Kennedy Jr.
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies
It is the latest move by Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services to undermine vaccines.
www.importantcontext.news
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
ICYMI: Yesterday, the CDC updated its vaccine safety page to say that vaccines might cause autism (they don’t) and that the science isn’t settled (it is).
For substantiation, the page links out to several studies by anti-vax allies of HHS Robert Kennedy Jr.
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
For substantiation, the page links out to several studies by anti-vax allies of HHS Robert Kennedy Jr.
www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...
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Gotta say, it’s a hard time to be a historian of medicine whose focus was pre-antiseptic / pre-vaccine era.
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Gotta say, it’s a hard time to be a historian of medicine whose focus was pre-antiseptic / pre-vaccine era.
I get the feeling that our insistence on not regulating AI is going to be possibly the biggest mistake humanity has ever made. It may end up being the last one, too.
Breaking news: The Trump administration is drafting an executive order that would direct the Justice Department to sue states that pass laws regulating artificial intelligence, according to a copy reviewed by The Post.
White House drafts order directing Justice Department to sue states that pass AI regulations
The draft order comes after Republicans in Congress failed to pass a federal ban on state AI regulation, as more lawmakers raise concerns about the technology.
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I get the feeling that our insistence on not regulating AI is going to be possibly the biggest mistake humanity has ever made. It may end up being the last one, too.
Good.
BREAKING: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin.
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
New, at Law Dork:
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
New, at Law Dork:
Breaking: Judge Boasberg says "justice requires" him to continue contempt inquiry into Trump admin
“I certainly intend to find out what happened on that day,” Boasberg said of the March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights. He plans to begin hearings on Dec. 1.
www.lawdork.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Good.
@keithlaw.bsky.social, do you know whether the Yankees needed to protect RHP Carlos Lagrange from the Rule 5 draft? He is not on the 40-man roster (www.mlb.com/yankees/rost...). Seems like a big oversight.
40-Man Roster
The Official Site of Major League Baseball
www.mlb.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
@keithlaw.bsky.social, do you know whether the Yankees needed to protect RHP Carlos Lagrange from the Rule 5 draft? He is not on the 40-man roster (www.mlb.com/yankees/rost...). Seems like a big oversight.
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If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
www.npr.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If we don't rapidly phase out fossil fuels, we can say goodbye to coral reefs, the Greenland and Antarctic icesheets, and permafrost. The results will not be pretty.
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I do this ish for a living, I am an AI developer and researcher, and *I* don’t fully understand the security implications. What hope do regular users have?
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: "Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications"
Microsoft is pushing ahead with its plan to add agentic capabilities to Windows 11 but has issued an important security warning for anyone who is interested in trying it out.
www.windowscentral.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I do this ish for a living, I am an AI developer and researcher, and *I* don’t fully understand the security implications. What hope do regular users have?
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
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If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
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Oh no. No no no
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Oh no. No no no
I really wish we could arrange it so that everyone who came up with or is in favor of this proposal would have only polluted water as his or her water supply. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
E.P.A. Rule Would Drastically Curb Protections for Wetlands
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I really wish we could arrange it so that everyone who came up with or is in favor of this proposal would have only polluted water as his or her water supply. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/c...
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Rs' plans to rig 5 TX seats blow up in their faces while Ds' plans to rig 5 CA seats in response to that outrageous act will go forward. And IN and KS have declined to redistrict in Rs' favor. #karmayouknowwhatitis
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Rs' plans to rig 5 TX seats blow up in their faces while Ds' plans to rig 5 CA seats in response to that outrageous act will go forward. And IN and KS have declined to redistrict in Rs' favor. #karmayouknowwhatitis
Guessing they are going to deservedly encounter a whole lot of this kind of energy.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Guessing they are going to deservedly encounter a whole lot of this kind of energy.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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The Financial Times has reported that Oracle's $ORCL $300 billion OpenAI deal is already underwater, now worth MINUS 74 billion
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The Financial Times has reported that Oracle's $ORCL $300 billion OpenAI deal is already underwater, now worth MINUS 74 billion
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Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
Kristi Noem is mad that protesters are blowing whistles at ICE agents.
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Oh they don’t like the whistles? Hey everyone, they don’t like the whistles. If you use them it makes the armed goons sad.
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This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
I think this is the article she mentions: www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I think this is the article she mentions: www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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AOC: Trump has been saying the economy is booming, but it’s really only seven tech companies. They’re driving this growth in just one sector: AI.
So the entire economic growth can be tracked down to seven companies and their AI expansion…
So the entire economic growth can be tracked down to seven companies and their AI expansion…
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
AOC: Trump has been saying the economy is booming, but it’s really only seven tech companies. They’re driving this growth in just one sector: AI.
So the entire economic growth can be tracked down to seven companies and their AI expansion…
So the entire economic growth can be tracked down to seven companies and their AI expansion…
Surprised he accepted but even more surprised the #Yankees offered. This really clouds Dominguez’s and Jones’s futures if they re-sign Bellinger.
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Surprised he accepted but even more surprised the #Yankees offered. This really clouds Dominguez’s and Jones’s futures if they re-sign Bellinger.