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I drink whisky and I know things.
Frequently handy. Aunt to surprisingly many. STEM. Linguist. Adventurer. Former athlete cut short by Endometriosis. #AltFam
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qtipsanon.bsky.social
QtipsANON. No comment.
December 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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ilikecorn.bsky.social
There was one day when he met a pedo
And they knew that it as much more than a hunch
That the two shall somehow form a crime family
That's the way they all became the pedo bunch
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
The assigned head of the Civil Division and Appellate Division of the New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office has been a lawyer for less than five years. She practiced law at two firms for less than three years after a one-year clerkship at the NJ Supreme Court. She has been at DOJ since January.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4h
So, Alina Habba is out of NJ USAO, but will now be "Senior Advisor to the Attorney General for United States Attorneys," and DOJ is claiming that three different people are running, respectively, the criminal, civil, and administrative divisions of the New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office.
HABBA: For the past five years, I've fought for justice on behalf of the American people, and in my tenure under our great Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, we made New Jersey safer. Camden had its first murder-free summer in 50 years. We drove down crime, took violent offenders off the streets, caught terrorists, and put away child predators. While I was focused on delivering real results, judges in my state took advantage of a flawed blue slip tradition and became weapons for the politicized left. For months, these judges stopped conducting trials and entering sentences, leaving violent criminals on the streets. They joined New Jersey senators, who care more about fighting President Trump than the well being of residents which they serve. For four years, I fought against lawfare aimed at President Trump and against politics infecting our justice system. What these obstructionists misunderstood is that my loyalty is not to politics, a title, or a ZIP code. It is to this great country. As a result of the Third Circuit's ruling, and to protect the stability and integrity of the office which love, I have decided to step down in my role as the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. But do not mistake compliance for surrender. This decision will not weaken the Justice Department and it will not weaken me. My fight will now stretch across the country. As we wait for further review of the courts ruling, I will continue to serve the Department of Justice as the Senior Advisor to the Attorney General for U.S. Attorneys. Make no mistake, you can take the girl out of New Jersey, but you cannot take New Jersey out of the girl. -DECEMBER 8, 2025- Following the flawed Third Circuit decision disqualifying Alina Habba from performing her duties in the U.S. Attorney's office for the District of New Jersey, I am saddened to accept Alina's resignation. The court's ruling has made it untenable for her to effectively run her office, with politicized judges pausing trials designed to bring violent criminals to justice. These judges should not be able to countermand the President's choice of attorneys entrusted with carrying out the executive branch's core responsibility of prosecuting crime. This situation is particularly unfortunate given Alina's strong record of achievement in office. Under her leadership, Newark saw a 20% reduction in crime, and Camden experienced its first summer in 50 years without a homicide. The Department of Justice will seek further review of this decision, and we are confident it will be reversed. Alina intends to return to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey if this occurs. In the meantime, Alina will be continuing with the Department of Justice as Senior Advisor to the Attorney General for U.S. Attorneys, helping drive the fight against violent crime nationwide. - ATTORNEY GENERAL PAMELA BONDI DECEMBER 8, 2025 The United States Department of Justice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WWW.JUSTICE.GOV/NEWS December 8, 2025 Department of Justice Leadership Announces New Personnel Appointments and Authorizations in the District of New Jersey Today, following Attorney General Pamela Bondi's announcement that Alina Habba will serve as Senior Advisor to the Attorney General for United States Attorneys, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the following personnel appointments and authorizations within the District of New Jersey: • Philip Lamparello will serve as Senior Counsel and is authorized to supervise or conduct the work of the district's Criminal Division and Special Prosecutions Division, including such work in the district's branch offices; • Jordan Fox will serve as Special Attorney and is authorized to supervise or conduct the work of the district's Civil Division and Appellate Division, including such work in the district's branch offices, along with any other matters arising within the district not specifically delegated herein; and • Ari Fontecchio will serve as Executive Assistant United States Attorney and is authorized to supervise or conduct the work of the district's Administrative Division, along with any other administrative matters arising within the district. "The Department of Justice is committed to bringing in the best and brightest to carry out our mission," said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. "I have full confidence in each of these exceptional attorneys and look forward to our continued collaboration as we make New Jersey and America safe again." #＃＃ Oftice af the Attorney General as bington， . d.20530 ORDER NO. 6510-2025 AUTHORIZING CERTAIN OFFICIALS TO CARRY OUT RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY By virtue of the authority vested in the Attorney General by law, including 28 U.S.C. § 509 and 510, I hereby take the following steps to ensure continuity of leadership in the District of New Jersey: 1. I approve the prior appointment of Philip Lamparello as Senior Counsel and authorize him to supervise or conduct the work of the district's Criminal Division and Special Prosecutions Division, including such work in the district's branch offices; 2. I appoint Jordan Fox as Special Attorney and authorize her to supervise or conduct the work of the district's Civil Division and Appellate Division, including such work in the district's branch offices, along with any other matters arising within the district not specifically delegated herein; 3. I appoint Ari Fontecchio as Executive Assistant United States Attorney and authorize him to supervise or conduct the work of the district's Administrative Division, along with any other administrative matters arising within the district. 12/8/25 Date Par Pamela Bondi Attorney General
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
"Local businesses were ready to push back. Posted on store- and restaurant-front windows were signs: 'Private area', '4th Amendment Workplace' and 'There’s always room at our table, but to enter past this point, we’ll need to see a warrant signed by a judge'...”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids
Siembra in North Carolina gives owners fourth amendment rights trainings should federal agents show up at their door
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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maddow.bsky.social
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/nebr...
Nebraska lawmaker was twice denied entry to McCook ICE jail, calls it law violation
LINCOLN — A Nebraska lawmaker two times was denied entry to the controversial state-run federal immigration detention facility that federal officials dubbed the “Cornhusker Clink” —  and now is callin...
www.newsfromthestates.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
handyauntjo.bsky.social
Awww... it's #DrowsyDonnie time.
Trump is nodding off again during the #AgSecretary presentation.

Wait... Didn't the #GOPdaddy just a couple of days ago promise to give #farmers $$ in order to compensate them for their losses due to the #tariffs?

Now the promised aid $$ is being snatched back?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
Rollins: "The bridge that is needed to get from the last administration & what basically happened under the last president to this new golden age for farmers where instead of farming for govt checks they can farm to feed their families and sell their products, this bridge is absolutely necessary"
December 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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gumby999.bsky.social
ICE Christian Christmas ⛄⛸️⛄
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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jackjenkins.me
In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.

Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."

It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations
(RNS) — 'We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt, has to flee and faces political violence,' the Rev. Michael Woolf said.
religionnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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premthakker.bsky.social
NEW: Buried in the new defense bill is a policy to fill weapon “gaps” Israel gets as other nations embargo it.

As in: citing "wartime" needs, the US armed Israel’s genocide.
Nations responded by restricting weapons to Israel.
Now, citing those very restrictions, the US may send Israel *even more.*
US Defense Bill Would Fill Israel’s Weapons ‘Gaps’ Caused by Embargoes
The US armed Israel’s genocide. Nations responded by embargoing Israel. Citing those restrictions, the US may now send even more weapons to Israel.
zeteo.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
handyauntjo.bsky.social
2019: "How to Save the Supreme Court"
《sigh》
If only more people had listened.
davidho.bsky.social David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4h
Re-reading Daniel Epps and Ganesh Sitaraman's Yale Law Journal article on how to reform SCOTUS for no particular reason.

yalelawjournal.org/pdf/EppsSita...
THE YALE LAW JOURNAL DANIEL EPPS & GANESH SITARAMAN How to Save the Supreme Court ABSTRACT. The consequences of Justice Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation are seismic. Justice Kavanaugh, replacing Justice Anthony Kennedy, completes a new conservative majority and represents a stunning Republican victory after decades of increasingly partisan battles over control of the Court. The result is a Supreme Court whose Justices are likely to vote along party lines more consistently than ever before in American history. That development gravely threatens the Court's legitimacy. If in the future roughly half of Americans lack confidence in the Supreme Court's ability to render impartial justice, the Court's power to settle important questions of law will be in serious jeopardy. Moreover, many Democrats are already calling for changes like court-packing to prevent the new conservative majority from blocking progressive reforms. Even if justified, such moves could provoke further escalation that would leave the Court's image and the rule of law badly damaged. The coming crisis can be stopped. But saving the Court's legitimacy as an institution above politics will require a radical rethinking of how the Court has operated for more than two centu-ries. In this Feature, we outline a new framework for Supreme Court reform. Specifically, we argue for reforms that are plausibly constitutional (and thus implementable by statute) and that are capable of creating a stable equilibrium even if initially implemented using "hardball" tactics. Under this framework, we evaluate existing proposals and offer two of our own: the Supreme Court Lottery and the Balanced Bench. Whether policymakers adopt these precise proposals or not, our framework can guide their much-needed search for reform. We can save what is good about the Court- but only if we are willing to transform the Court.
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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out5p0ken.bsky.social
Fuck SCOTUS and Trump, too
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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colbyfornh.bsky.social
The NHGOP is pushing even bigger tax breaks to major corporations with HB115. Every time their costs decrease, ours skyrocket. We cannot afford more corporate bailouts. #nhpolitics #nhtok
If passed HB115 will divert millions away from critical services, jack up costs, and increase our property taxes
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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colbyfornh.bsky.social
The push to privatize so many parts of government will enable abuse of public funds. You can't FOIA a private entity, and 91A disclosures are not applicable either. Protect public dollars and public schools to ensure you retain your rights as a taxpayer to follow the money. #nhpolitics
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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FOX: Interim U.S. Attorney for the state of New Jersey, Alina Habba has resigned. Attorney General Pam Bondi says she accepted the resignation after a court's decision disqualifying Habba from serving.
December 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
WASHINGTON: “This should shock the conscience”

Trump’s racist ICE goons use attack dog on an innocent husband of a 🇺🇸 citizen and father of 3 other 🇺🇸 citizens outside their home after posing as a construction worker and claiming he struck their parked car.

More: lynnwoodtimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🎯 @monacharen.bsky.social on Bannon’s cozy relationship with Epstein: “Where is TP USA, the White House, Speaker Johnson? MAGA faithful who claim to believe in a conspiracy among elites to abuse kids? Where’s Bannon’s acknowledgment of wrongdoing? his shame?” www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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muellershewrote.com
BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App developer Joshua Aaron is SUING DHS, ICE, DOJ, White House officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights when they pressured Apple to remove the app from the App Store. www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: ICEBlock App Developer to Sue ICE, DHS, DOJ, White House Officials
ICEBlock app developer Joshua Aaron is suing multiple federal agency officials for violating his 1st Amendment rights after they coerced Apple into removing ICEBlock from its App Store
www.muellershewrote.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
handyauntjo.bsky.social
Mushrooms could help address Merrimack’s PFAS problem newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/12/02/m...

#NH #health #PFOA
Mushrooms could help address Merrimack’s PFAS problem • New Hampshire Bulletin
Angela Graves has lived in Merrimack almost all her life. She grew up aware of the Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics plant on the edge of town, and as a teenager learned alongside her community of the...
newhampshirebulletin.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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ottergoose.net
New: FOIA'd emails from Signature Aviation managers to MSP staff confirm details about ICE flights here at Minneapolis - St. Paul Int'l, including one I photographed in April.

Details: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-...
A person in an ICE shirt drags shackles towards DHS and Signature equipment, next to a Global Crossing jet. The Global Crossing jet taking off in front of the Minneapolis skyline. An email from Dillon Paul, Signature Aviation's Area General Manager for MSP on April 29, 2025, confirming that GlobalX (Global Crossing) comes to their ramp for ICE flights, where passengers are not off-loaded. An email from Ryan Wall, Signature Aviation's Assistant General Manager for MSP on April 29, 2025, confirming that Global Crossing had operated ICE flights at MSP on March 3, 6, 12, 26, 27, and April 2, 9, 14, 23, and 30. The ICE flights had been operated on a weekly basis on Wednesdays, but have increased to 2x per week with the new president.
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
handyauntjo.bsky.social
Portugal is offering contact numbers for any of their citizens encountering an emergency in #Venezuela.

Also, Trump is in the #EpsteinFiles and will likely be taking us to war in order to try to control the narrative.
funchalnoticias.bsky.social Funchal Notícias @funchalnoticias.bsky.social · 22h
Tensão obriga diplomacia portuguesa a emitir “comunicado à comunidade portuguesa residente na Venezuela”

Na sequência da tensão EUA/Venezuela, o portal diplomático do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros Português "Portal das comunidades portuguesas" divulgou há poucos dias o seguinte comunicado.…
Tensão obriga diplomacia portuguesa a emitir “comunicado à comunidade portuguesa residente na Venezuela”
Na sequência da tensão EUA/Venezuela, o portal diplomático do Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros Português "Portal das comunidades portuguesas" divulgou há poucos dias o seguinte comunicado. "No âmbito da sua missão de apoio permanente à Comunidade Portuguesa residente na Venezuela, os Consulados-Gerais de Portugal em Caracas e Valência colocam à disposição canais destinados a situações urgentes, reforçando o compromisso do Estado português com a proteção e assistência dos seus cidadãos.
funchalnoticias.net
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
handyauntjo.bsky.social
Well there... it appears that the fishes in the deep blue sea didn't do Petey Kegsbreath's bidding.

You people (monsters in the current administration) *do* realize that other countries can analyze DNA, too, right??

Bodies are washing ashore after the #US #militarystrikes in the Caribbean.
news-flows-fr.bsky.social Actualités françaises 🇫🇷 @news-flows-fr.bsky.social · 22h
Sur les côtes colombiennes, les corps des marins tués par les frappes américaines commencent à remonter à la surface

Le président colombien Gustavo Petro a demandé dimanche l’ouverture d’une enquête après la découverte de deux corps au large d’un village frontalier du Venezuela et suggéré que...
Sur les côtes colombiennes, les corps des marins tués par les frappes américaines commencent à remonter à la surface
La télévision publique RTVC a rapporté la découverte des deux corps au large du village de Puerto Lopez ainsi que de plusieurs autres cadavr
www.leparisien.fr
December 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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markey.senate.gov
Conducting an illegal war against Venezuela.

Deploying the National Guard against our own citizens.

Starting a new nuclear arms race.

And now, asking for another $900 billion for Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth.

Trump and Republicans are out of control.
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
Cartoon by John Darkow.
December 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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goodlander.house.gov
84 years ago, our nation was shaken by the attack on Pearl Harbor. In the midst of unimaginable loss, American servicemembers and civilians showed courage, resilience, and sacrifice.

On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we honor those we lost and the heroes who rushed toward danger.
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
handyauntjo.bsky.social
The meetings about Massport are about to become much more interesting. They are also available to attend virtually.
December 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM