David Elwell
@drelwell.bsky.social
Inputs: words & music, pictures too. Outputs: not so much.
When I'm working: editorial & publications. When I'm not: aimless.
When I'm working: editorial & publications. When I'm not: aimless.
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Holy shit: Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer has FAR MORE than an 18-minute gap.
That grand jury came back late--after 6 or something.
abcnews.go.com/US/attorneys...
That grand jury came back late--after 6 or something.
abcnews.go.com/US/attorneys...
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Holy shit: Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer has FAR MORE than an 18-minute gap.
That grand jury came back late--after 6 or something.
abcnews.go.com/US/attorneys...
That grand jury came back late--after 6 or something.
abcnews.go.com/US/attorneys...
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When criminals run the Justice Department, this is what it looks like.
Trump official refers Rep. Eric Swalwell for a federal criminal probe over alleged mortgage fraud
Swalwell is the latest Democrat to face mortgage fraud allegations from Federal Housing Finance Agency head Bill Pulte, who sent a letter to the Justice Department on Wednesday.
www.nbcnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
When criminals run the Justice Department, this is what it looks like.
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New: Judge in Jim Comey proceeding says part of grand jury proceeding is still missing. There is a gap from about 4:38pm to when the grand jury handed down the indictment later that evening. Judge again demands full transcript.
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
New: Judge in Jim Comey proceeding says part of grand jury proceeding is still missing. There is a gap from about 4:38pm to when the grand jury handed down the indictment later that evening. Judge again demands full transcript.
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An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
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The administration appears to be laying the groundwork for designating "antifa" as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
www.state.gov/releases/202...
www.state.gov/releases/202...
Designations of Antifa Ost and Three Other Violent Antifa Groups - United States Department of State
Today, the Department of State announces the designation of Antifa Ost, Informal Anarchist Federation/International Revolutionary Front, Armed Proletarian Justice, and Revolutionary Class Self-Defense...
www.state.gov
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The administration appears to be laying the groundwork for designating "antifa" as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
www.state.gov/releases/202...
www.state.gov/releases/202...
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We obtained records, reported on by the New York Times, that provide details about the Trump administration’s use of Guantánamo Bay to detain immigrants. The documents show bleak conditions and that ICE was unprepared for detainees.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We obtained records, reported on by the New York Times, that provide details about the Trump administration’s use of Guantánamo Bay to detain immigrants. The documents show bleak conditions and that ICE was unprepared for detainees.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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The Boeing strike is over.
68% of workers approve latest contract offer www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...
68% of workers approve latest contract offer www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...
The Boeing strike is over. 68% of workers approve latest contract offer
Roughly 3,200 St. Louis-area Boeing workers represented by District 837 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers are eligible to vote on the new offer.
www.stltoday.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The Boeing strike is over.
68% of workers approve latest contract offer www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...
68% of workers approve latest contract offer www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...
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Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Bovino: "Whether they were criminals or individuals that were taking jobs from Americans -- you name it, that's what they were doing. And I'll tell you what's gonna happen. We're gonna go even harder on the streets. If he releases those 650, we're gonna apprehend 1,650 on the streets of Chicago."
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Another Reuters exclusive
The Biden administration acquired evidence in the last months of its term that senior officials in the Israeli government were openly discussing the ongoing use of Palestinians as human shields by the IDF in Gaza. They sat on the evidence.
The Biden administration acquired evidence in the last months of its term that senior officials in the Israeli government were openly discussing the ongoing use of Palestinians as human shields by the IDF in Gaza. They sat on the evidence.
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Another Reuters exclusive
The Biden administration acquired evidence in the last months of its term that senior officials in the Israeli government were openly discussing the ongoing use of Palestinians as human shields by the IDF in Gaza. They sat on the evidence.
The Biden administration acquired evidence in the last months of its term that senior officials in the Israeli government were openly discussing the ongoing use of Palestinians as human shields by the IDF in Gaza. They sat on the evidence.
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Per @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social, DOD presented Trump with plans for strikes in Venezuela yesterday, including on the ground. Astonishing to see the U.S. on the brink of another regime-change invasion with essentially none of the pre-2003 effort to rationalize it domestically and internationally.
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Per @jenniferjjacobs.bsky.social, DOD presented Trump with plans for strikes in Venezuela yesterday, including on the ground. Astonishing to see the U.S. on the brink of another regime-change invasion with essentially none of the pre-2003 effort to rationalize it domestically and internationally.
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Raskin: "The DOJ hasn't released any of these emails that mention Trump's name & identify his role in all these activities. Those came from the Epstein estate. So this is a demonstration the govt is deliberately withholding the info everybody is actually looking for & could be damaging to Trump"
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Raskin: "The DOJ hasn't released any of these emails that mention Trump's name & identify his role in all these activities. Those came from the Epstein estate. So this is a demonstration the govt is deliberately withholding the info everybody is actually looking for & could be damaging to Trump"
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First, and most critically: so so gross a “defense.”
But also? The age of consent in Florida is 18 (and in NYS, where he also lived, it’s 17).
So even taking her gross, desperate arg on its own terms, 15 is NOT “barely legal,” but CLEARLY CRIMINAL. (Thus, you know, his FL CHILD sex conviction.)
But also? The age of consent in Florida is 18 (and in NYS, where he also lived, it’s 17).
So even taking her gross, desperate arg on its own terms, 15 is NOT “barely legal,” but CLEARLY CRIMINAL. (Thus, you know, his FL CHILD sex conviction.)
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
First, and most critically: so so gross a “defense.”
But also? The age of consent in Florida is 18 (and in NYS, where he also lived, it’s 17).
So even taking her gross, desperate arg on its own terms, 15 is NOT “barely legal,” but CLEARLY CRIMINAL. (Thus, you know, his FL CHILD sex conviction.)
But also? The age of consent in Florida is 18 (and in NYS, where he also lived, it’s 17).
So even taking her gross, desperate arg on its own terms, 15 is NOT “barely legal,” but CLEARLY CRIMINAL. (Thus, you know, his FL CHILD sex conviction.)
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In December 2018, Epstein wrote about Trump: “I am the one able to take him down.”
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In December 2018, Epstein wrote about Trump: “I am the one able to take him down.”
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration.
Weird coincidence.
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Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore
Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore
Former US vice-president also critical of Donald Trump and Bill Gates as negotiations begin in earnest
Hello comrades, this is Nina Lakhani in chilly New York City taking over the blog for the next few hours. Thanks very much to my colleague Matt Taylor in London Town who will be back in the hot seat on Friday morning.
Leading climate activists and influencers have signed a letter criticising PR firm Edelman over its role at the Cop30 summit in Brazil. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore
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Israel's prime minister says nothing.
Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end
Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end
President Isaac Herzog said the violence committed by a “handful” of perpetrators “crosses a red line."
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Israel's prime minister says nothing.
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The US is in a 250 year Civil War.
Today w SNAP cuts, end of USAID, the massacre of hundred of US school children, COVID anti vaxxers, etc - w as many or more deaths as in 1861-1865.
None of this shit happened w/o Leonard Leo and his six Supremes. Blood on their hands.
medium.com/@thcarter123...
Today w SNAP cuts, end of USAID, the massacre of hundred of US school children, COVID anti vaxxers, etc - w as many or more deaths as in 1861-1865.
None of this shit happened w/o Leonard Leo and his six Supremes. Blood on their hands.
medium.com/@thcarter123...
Leonard Leo & the Stained Glass Curtain He’s Hiding Behind
“Pay no attention to the roly poly bat faced boy behind the altar”
medium.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The US is in a 250 year Civil War.
Today w SNAP cuts, end of USAID, the massacre of hundred of US school children, COVID anti vaxxers, etc - w as many or more deaths as in 1861-1865.
None of this shit happened w/o Leonard Leo and his six Supremes. Blood on their hands.
medium.com/@thcarter123...
Today w SNAP cuts, end of USAID, the massacre of hundred of US school children, COVID anti vaxxers, etc - w as many or more deaths as in 1861-1865.
None of this shit happened w/o Leonard Leo and his six Supremes. Blood on their hands.
medium.com/@thcarter123...
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Montgomery County Council member captures ICE detainment in Prince George's
Kristin Mink says an agent grabbed her arm while she was filming.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/m...
Kristin Mink says an agent grabbed her arm while she was filming.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/m...
Montgomery County Council member captures ICE detainment in Prince George's
A Montgomery County council member says a federal agent grabbed her arm while she was recording video of federal agents behind a shopping center in Prince George’s County. Councilmember Kristin Mink s...
www.nbcwashington.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Montgomery County Council member captures ICE detainment in Prince George's
Kristin Mink says an agent grabbed her arm while she was filming.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/m...
Kristin Mink says an agent grabbed her arm while she was filming.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/m...
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Join us in calling on #HomeDepot to protect the immigrant workers who fuel Home Depot's profits.
Sign the letter below!
Join us as we demand that Home Depot take immediate steps to make stores safe and welcoming to all, regardless of immigration status.
support.cluejustice.org/a/write-home...
Sign the letter below!
Join us as we demand that Home Depot take immediate steps to make stores safe and welcoming to all, regardless of immigration status.
support.cluejustice.org/a/write-home...
Write Home Depot Leadership Today
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November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Join us in calling on #HomeDepot to protect the immigrant workers who fuel Home Depot's profits.
Sign the letter below!
Join us as we demand that Home Depot take immediate steps to make stores safe and welcoming to all, regardless of immigration status.
support.cluejustice.org/a/write-home...
Sign the letter below!
Join us as we demand that Home Depot take immediate steps to make stores safe and welcoming to all, regardless of immigration status.
support.cluejustice.org/a/write-home...
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
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The Trump administration said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over a building in Chicago. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up those claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in the raid are telling their stories.
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Trump administration said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over a building in Chicago. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up those claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in the raid are telling their stories.
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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"There is a lot more." Rep. Garcia shares the DOJ is hoarding files from federal Epstein investigations. "Photographs, possibly videos, they have information we need to actually bring justice to the survivors and to implicate the wealthy and powerful men that abused and raped children and women."
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"There is a lot more." Rep. Garcia shares the DOJ is hoarding files from federal Epstein investigations. "Photographs, possibly videos, they have information we need to actually bring justice to the survivors and to implicate the wealthy and powerful men that abused and raped children and women."
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Tremendous use of graphics. on.ft.com/4nQFAHR In charts: ten years since the Paris climate accord Free to read.
In charts: ten years since the Paris climate accord
In 2015 nearly 200 countries signed a historic agreement to fight climate change. What has changed in that time?
on.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Tremendous use of graphics. on.ft.com/4nQFAHR In charts: ten years since the Paris climate accord Free to read.
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX