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worker bee @cornntaters.bsky.social · 12h

Hi, if I can humbly request you identify the illegal part

(def not asking you to cite the statute bc you have enough to do)

But Gideon v Wainwright isn't enough to dunk on the entire 2025 legal system

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 21h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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worker bee @cornntaters.bsky.social · 1d

It is so important to remember that these are humans doing inhumane things in cases like this. Pretending their cruelty is something separate, as they're suffering an affliction and its outside their control, is why America always explains away evil instead of confronting it

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

1. This is illegal as it makes enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 effectively impossible.

2. Congress appropriates more than $300M each year for enforcement because housing discrimination has one of the ugliest legacies in American history after slavery and Native American genocide.

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 1d

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

1. This is illegal as it makes enforcement of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 effectively impossible.

2. Congress appropriates more than $300M each year for enforcement because housing discrimination has one of the ugliest legacies in American history after slavery and Native American genocide.

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 1d

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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worker bee @cornntaters.bsky.social · 1d

JFK sent military advisors to Vietnam, and they stayed on a USAF base. Pretty soon the base's "security patrols" started expanding deeper into VN territory "because that's where the threat was," and then it wasn't long before a false-flag started America's 2nd longest (illegal) military intervention

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2d

You’ll never guess who is in charge of the Homeland Security Council….

(Miller. It’s Stephen Miller.)

Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia.

DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

DOJ asserts presidential privilege over details about how Uganda was selected in Abrego Garcia deportation case

A senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official said third-country designations are typically made by the State Department.

www.wusa9.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Independent C-SPAN caller to Rep. Mark Alford: "You're taking credit for $50b that you just gave to the hospital industry. That's after you took away $150b. You don't take credit for just giving back a little bit of money after taking away so much. So quit lying. It just makes you look horrible."

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

also a sign of how far trump has checked out-there is zero chance in the old days he would countenance anyone else taking credit, even in a slip of the tongue

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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worker bee @cornntaters.bsky.social · 2d

If trump really wanted the Nobel, he shoulda asked his best buddy Kim Jong Un to put his lil name down on a silly piece of paper to formally end the Korean War

worker bee @cornntaters.bsky.social · 2d

PSHAW, I bet my life he's going to try to restrict liberal gun-ownership

worker bee @cornntaters.bsky.social · 3d

I'm making a list of all the Democratic politicians who are silent these days for when they start screaming "GET OUT THE VOTE"

worker bee @cornntaters.bsky.social · 3d

The militarization and the exponential growth of the surveillance state will soon make up for the weakness and incompetence.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 3d

I know everything is getting worse and Trump is trying to dismantle America, but all of this is a sign of a very weak, desperate Presidency that realizes it's unpopular and has lost the majority.

The economy sucks, the Epstein Files aren't released, and people didn't vote for a MAGA dictatorship.

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Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, it’s significant that the president is repeatedly discussing invoking the #InsurrectionAct

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worker bee @cornntaters.bsky.social · 3d

$20 says they're working on a way to shutdown the Wayback Machine

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 3d

Wells: "Take the president at his word, when it has been unfiltered by his lawyers."

Trump's orders are unthethered by reality, Wells says, echoing the words of the federal judge presiding over the Oregon case.

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worker bee @cornntaters.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe it's a good thing that trump is designating other political views as terrorism, because then he'll feel comfortable negotiating with them like he did with the Taliban

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Bryan Based International Order 🇨🇦 @bryanpeeler.bsky.social · 3d

To the surprise of no one...

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 3d

Israel's Ben Gvir: 'We are happy about the release of all the hostages, but we will vote against the release of murderers. The Prime Minister committed to me that Hamas will be dismantled. If it doesn't happen? We will dismantle the government'

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

"It's very funny when the government gets to decide who is a Real Jew and who is not! We are all laughing. It is funny, yes."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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George @hannahtempler.com · 7d

like, the main purpose of generative AI is to simply override the inconveniences of humans – boundaries, consent, and wages. thats what it does at its core

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 3d

When the Supreme Court struck down Biden's policies, it was tempting to think: "At least these limits on executive authority will bind Trump if he comes back into office." But no—the court's skepticism of executive power vanished on Jan. 20, 2025. This dynamic is obvious to anyone paying attention!

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worker bee @cornntaters.bsky.social · 4d

(not to mention the amount of deaths in jails, like Rikers Island, even before ICE became one of the world's largest armies)

worker bee @cornntaters.bsky.social · 4d

How many Gazas?

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worker bee @cornntaters.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah I'm an adult... I don't see what that has to do with not knowing how to dispose of this 2012 MacBook pro