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Bathsheba in Blue
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Here mostly for politics.

Lifelong #Democrat.

Slava Ukraine!

Refugee from the bird site. Thought they were sweet bluebirds then they turned into shrieking flying monkeys wearing Nazi helmets.
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I will admit this was one that I had to both click through and then search for myself to believe it's real.
Jeffrey Epstein to Bill Gates in December 2016:

“come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting”

(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
February 13, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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NEW: After announcement of end to MN immigration surge, Trump admin slammed by Trump-appointed judge for denying detainees access to lawyers. Feds also drop criminal charges against 2 immigrants over incident Noem called "attempted murder." w/@kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Court rebukes Trump administration for denying immigration detainees access to lawyers
It’s the latest and perhaps most pointed rebuke yet from Minnesota federal judges.
www.politico.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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Arnaud is, as has long been known, a fucking idiot, but this is a surprisingly common delusion about Chinese history, as is the idea that it was consistently 'religiously tolerant.' Religious politics were extremely intense, and persecution of disliked sects common.
It is this humble servant's duty to report that Arnaud Bertrand is never beating the charges of being a thoroughly historically-illiterate dumbass...
February 13, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.
How dangerous is it really to work for ICE?
According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.
www.motherjones.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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Here’s a gift link to a well-written and perceptive story by Robert Draper in the New York Times. He’s 100% correct that the Epstein scandal has exposed the moral rot in America’s elite.
The Epstein Files and the Hidden World of an Unaccountable Elite
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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“.. Noem and Lewandowski frequently berate senior level staff, give polygraph tests to employees they don’t trust and have fired employees—in one incident, Lewandowski fired a U.S. Coast Guard pilot after Noem’s blanket was left behind on a plane ..”

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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This is just unconscionable man
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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The TRO goes in depth and provides very specific requirements.
February 13, 2026 at 12:47 AM
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Context note here: Judge Brasel was nominated by Trump, but at the recommendation of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat.

Brasel was nominated alongside Judge Tostrud, who was nominated at the recommendation of then-Rep. Erik Paulsen, a Republican.

www.startribune.com/minnesota-fe...
Minnesota federal judicial nominees tested on Capitol Hill
Hennepin County judge, Mitchell Hamline law prof could join federal court.
www.startribune.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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After looking at other cases from elsewhere, Brasel is brutal: "Under any explication of the due process analysis on this record, the obstacles the government has put in place at Whipple rise to the level of an unconstitutional infringement of noncitizen detainees' right to access counsel."
February 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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Here's the opinion and order from Brasel, finding a likely Fifth Amendment violation: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This echoes the D.C. rulings I discussed at Law Dork earlier today: www.lawdork.com/p/the-dc-dis...
The D.C. District Court strikes back
Three judges issued three rulings protecting constitutional rights in cases relating to Trump admin actions against federal inmates, Alien Enemies Act deportees, and Sen. Mark Kelly.
www.lawdork.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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BREAKING: Judge Nancy Brasel, a Trump appointee, has issued a TRO in the Minnesota access-to-counsel case about treatment at Whipple.

"It appears that in planning for Operation Metro Surge, the government failed to plan for the constitutional rights of its civil detainees."
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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📌 ICYMI — Trump Pardon Buries FBI’s Secret Work for Putin’s Oligarchs

The former FBI agent's pardon came after his co-defendant’s daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/11/trump-pardon-buries-fbis-secret-work-for-putins-oligarchs/
Trump Pardon Buries FBI's Secret Work for Putin's Oligarchs
The former FBI agent's pardon came after his co-defendant’s daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump
bylinetimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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Klein: People are afraid to come into clinics or hospitals because they’re afraid they’ll be snatched. So they’re staying home with acute conditions like appendicitis. They’re not going to their follow-up neonatal appointments. They’re allowing their jaundiced babies to go untreated.
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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I, meanwhile, am working with a nonprofit organization to improve access to courts.

If you want to subscribe to Law Dork — www.lawdork.com — and/or support Public Justice — www.publicjustice.net — in our efforts, we would so appreciate it.
TIL that Polymarket sponsors Matt Yglesias’s Substack.
February 13, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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“There’s no respect for what these veterans need, which is privacy…even though I love working with veterans, and I have loved being at the VA for the most part, it was just really demoralizing.”
Why VA psychologists are quitting in record numbers
The agency shed mental health staff for the first time in a decade as demand for care soared 40 percent.
www.motherjones.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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“You starve your public schools to feed your private schools and charter schools,” said one superintendent about the state’s efforts to grow charter schools. “Our foundation was set up for a free and appropriate education for all kids. All kids!”

(Published Oct. 2025)
This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools
Oklahoma has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. By the time the second Trump administration began espousing its “America Fi...
www.propublica.org
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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If you live or even drive through the south bay (California), Flock doesn't need Ring since it has a contract with the city of San Jose.

www.404media.co/aclu-and-eff...
ACLU and EFF Sue a City Blanketed With Flock Surveillance Cameras
“Most drivers are unaware that San Jose’s Police Department is tracking their locations and do not know all that their saved location data can reveal about their private lives and activities."
www.404media.co
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Consumers have so much power. Keep using it!
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.

The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Another shooting case falls apart (this time ICE, not CBP).

These are the Venezuelans that ICE excused shooting by claiming they beat him w/shovels.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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While Trump withholds federal relief from LA fire survivors, @governor.ca.gov is expanding CalAssist’s mortgage relief program by quadrupling support for disaster-affected homeowners

CA is stepping up to close the gap between relief and recovery, helping families rebuild and stay in their homes
February 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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"I feel grateful that I got this privilege of being a federal employee. But I wear my uniform home because I’m too scared not to. I could be targeted."
I’m a Minneapolis postal worker. This is what I saw.
Come rain, shine, tear gas, or ICE shootings, postal worker Bianca Sonnenberg is delivering the mail.
www.motherjones.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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OK, who wrote the best story on Gail Slater's effective-today Antitrust resignation? Send it my way, please!
February 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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More CBS Journalists losing their jobs while Jeffrey Epstein pal Peter Attia hangs on to his contributor gig is gross.
variety.com/2026/tv/news...
CBS News Considering New Round of Layoffs, Could Affect at Least 15% of Staff
CBS News Considering New Round of Layoffs, Could Affect At Least 15% of Staff
variety.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM