Howl of Minerva 🦉
@howlofminerva.bsky.social
Jill of all trades, mistress of no one.
We're on verdict watch this evening in the Judge Hannah Dugan criminal trial and there's this
someone should check to make sure they're still in the jury room
they may have slipped out another exit in the same hallway without anyone noticing
they may have slipped out another exit in the same hallway without anyone noticing
December 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
We're on verdict watch this evening in the Judge Hannah Dugan criminal trial and there's this
No paywall
General Xu testimony: sending armed troops against civilians would lead to chaos and bloodshed ... a commander who carried out martial law poorly would go down as "a sinner in history.”
Without Xu, the 38th Army advanced into Beijing, leading to the bloody 1989 massacre.
General Xu testimony: sending armed troops against civilians would lead to chaos and bloodshed ... a commander who carried out martial law poorly would go down as "a sinner in history.”
Without Xu, the 38th Army advanced into Beijing, leading to the bloody 1989 massacre.
The Secret Trial of the General Who Refused to Attack Tiananmen Square
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
No paywall
General Xu testimony: sending armed troops against civilians would lead to chaos and bloodshed ... a commander who carried out martial law poorly would go down as "a sinner in history.”
Without Xu, the 38th Army advanced into Beijing, leading to the bloody 1989 massacre.
General Xu testimony: sending armed troops against civilians would lead to chaos and bloodshed ... a commander who carried out martial law poorly would go down as "a sinner in history.”
Without Xu, the 38th Army advanced into Beijing, leading to the bloody 1989 massacre.
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Oh, yeah. For decades, Chicago’s Greek tragedies have only been published in multiple volumes by author & small multi-author anthologies. Now we have the whole shebang, all the key plays, in a big paperback. And it’s only $25!
At your local bookstore momentarily.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
At your local bookstore momentarily.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
October 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Finally, we get a case to test whether a prosecutor can indeed get a grand jury to indict a (ham) sandwich.
The DC sandwich guy has been charged with assault for shouting at a CBP officer, throwing a sub into his chest, and then running off.
"I did it. I threw the sandwich," he said while he was being processed.
"I did it. I threw the sandwich," he said while he was being processed.
August 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Finally, we get a case to test whether a prosecutor can indeed get a grand jury to indict a (ham) sandwich.
This Civil War veteran, stepping up to give a rebel yell, called his fellow Confederate soldiers "Confeds" and I think I'll start using that word for the many outlaws in the Trump regime.
ConFeds.
ConFeds.
August 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This Civil War veteran, stepping up to give a rebel yell, called his fellow Confederate soldiers "Confeds" and I think I'll start using that word for the many outlaws in the Trump regime.
ConFeds.
ConFeds.
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Top Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed by Israel in Gaza in what appears to be an assassination.
He was one of the few journalists left alive in Gaza after Israel have killed 232 other journalists in less than 2 years.
He is the 233rd.
He was one of the few journalists left alive in Gaza after Israel have killed 232 other journalists in less than 2 years.
He is the 233rd.
August 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Top Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed by Israel in Gaza in what appears to be an assassination.
He was one of the few journalists left alive in Gaza after Israel have killed 232 other journalists in less than 2 years.
He is the 233rd.
He was one of the few journalists left alive in Gaza after Israel have killed 232 other journalists in less than 2 years.
He is the 233rd.
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Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people.
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
August 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. The beginning of true democracy in America. A offering to this country paid for by the work, dedication and lives of ordinary Black people.
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
We’ve always had to fight. Are you prepared to fight to protect our rights?
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Apparently the Chattanooga @TimesFreePress thinks alligators eating immigrants is something to joke about.
Sick, twisted stuff from @ronaldhart they decided to publish.
Sick, twisted stuff from @ronaldhart they decided to publish.
July 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Apparently the Chattanooga @TimesFreePress thinks alligators eating immigrants is something to joke about.
Sick, twisted stuff from @ronaldhart they decided to publish.
Sick, twisted stuff from @ronaldhart they decided to publish.
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Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the missing Epstein's files that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.
July 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the missing Epstein's files that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.
Why can Mitch McConnell say that when it comes to spending cuts to Medicaid, Americans would "get over it"?
Because we got over what he himself did with Merrick Garland's and Amy Coney Barrett's nominations and with Trump's impeachment trial.
Americans are complicit in America's demise.
Because we got over what he himself did with Merrick Garland's and Amy Coney Barrett's nominations and with Trump's impeachment trial.
Americans are complicit in America's demise.
'They'll get over it,' McConnell reportedly assures GOP colleagues about Medicaid cuts • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky Hospital Association urges U.S. senators to reject cuts to Medicaid payments to hospitals supported by provider taxes.
kentuckylantern.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Why can Mitch McConnell say that when it comes to spending cuts to Medicaid, Americans would "get over it"?
Because we got over what he himself did with Merrick Garland's and Amy Coney Barrett's nominations and with Trump's impeachment trial.
Americans are complicit in America's demise.
Because we got over what he himself did with Merrick Garland's and Amy Coney Barrett's nominations and with Trump's impeachment trial.
Americans are complicit in America's demise.
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OMG YES… say that‼️
@tarasetmayer.bsky.social nails it.
Honestly, we’ve been waiting for politicians to catch up to where the people are—and it’s getting damn late!
@tarasetmayer.bsky.social nails it.
Honestly, we’ve been waiting for politicians to catch up to where the people are—and it’s getting damn late!
June 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
OMG YES… say that‼️
@tarasetmayer.bsky.social nails it.
Honestly, we’ve been waiting for politicians to catch up to where the people are—and it’s getting damn late!
@tarasetmayer.bsky.social nails it.
Honestly, we’ve been waiting for politicians to catch up to where the people are—and it’s getting damn late!
May 21 Order: "Each individual [held in Djibouti] must be afforded access to counsel that is commensurate with the access that they would have received had these procedures occurred within the US."
3 weeks later, DHS still inching toward providing detainees with access to lawyers. Is this standard?
3 weeks later, DHS still inching toward providing detainees with access to lawyers. Is this standard?
![[Case header] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
D.V.D., et al.,
Individually and on behalf of all others
similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
v.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et al.,
Defendants.
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No. 1:25-cv-10676-BEM
[Document title] DEFENDANTS’ STATUS REPORT
Consistent with the Court’s May 21, 2025 order (ECF No. 119), Defendants file this status
report as an update to the reports they provided on May 25, 2025, June 2, 2025, and June 9, 2025.
On June, 11, 2025, counsel for Defendants provided counsel for Plaintiffs with additional
information including: (1) the alien numbers of the aliens in DHS custody in Djibouti, and (2)
contact information for the aliens including an ICE point of contact who can arrange
communications with the aliens.
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June 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
May 21 Order: "Each individual [held in Djibouti] must be afforded access to counsel that is commensurate with the access that they would have received had these procedures occurred within the US."
3 weeks later, DHS still inching toward providing detainees with access to lawyers. Is this standard?
3 weeks later, DHS still inching toward providing detainees with access to lawyers. Is this standard?
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Free speech for me, a felony for thee.
June 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Free speech for me, a felony for thee.
John Eastman update: Review Dept. affirms Judge Roland's ruling and finds disbarment "necessary."
@carolnorris.bsky.social Finally!
@carolnorris.bsky.social Finally!
![Upon our independent review (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 9.12), we reject Eastman’s First
Amendment defenses and his various due process claims. We find Eastman is culpable on all
counts of misconduct, except count eleven. We further find Eastman’s conduct in counts five
and seven was intentional. We affirm the hearing judge’s mitigation and aggravation findings,
except we find less weight for Eastman’s absence of a prior record of discipline. The record
does not support aggravation for significant harm as argued by OCTC. Due to the serious nature
and extent of Eastman’s misconduct and the weight of aggravating circumstances in relation to
mitigation, we recommend that Eastman be disbarred. Disbarment is necessary to protect the
public, the courts, and the legal profession.
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June 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
John Eastman update: Review Dept. affirms Judge Roland's ruling and finds disbarment "necessary."
@carolnorris.bsky.social Finally!
@carolnorris.bsky.social Finally!
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WATCH: “I WAS AN INTERPRETER IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 3 YEARS.”
ICE grabs a man whose name they don’t even know at his immigration hearing, shackles him, expedites his removal.
Q: Why would anyone ever help our military again? — Trump is endangering and weakening our military.
ICE grabs a man whose name they don’t even know at his immigration hearing, shackles him, expedites his removal.
Q: Why would anyone ever help our military again? — Trump is endangering and weakening our military.
June 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
WATCH: “I WAS AN INTERPRETER IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 3 YEARS.”
ICE grabs a man whose name they don’t even know at his immigration hearing, shackles him, expedites his removal.
Q: Why would anyone ever help our military again? — Trump is endangering and weakening our military.
ICE grabs a man whose name they don’t even know at his immigration hearing, shackles him, expedites his removal.
Q: Why would anyone ever help our military again? — Trump is endangering and weakening our military.
Watch now 💪 Govs. Pritzker, Walz and Hochul testify before the House Oversight Committee on the immigration crackdown.
James Comer began by badly mispronouncing Urbana. 🙄
James Comer began by badly mispronouncing Urbana. 🙄
Watch live: Gov. JB Pritzker testifies before Congress about Illinois sanctuary laws amid national immigration crackdown
Gov. JB Pritzker is in Washington, D.C., Thursday, testifying before Congress about Illinois' sanctuary laws protecting undocumented immigrants.
www.cbsnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Watch now 💪 Govs. Pritzker, Walz and Hochul testify before the House Oversight Committee on the immigration crackdown.
James Comer began by badly mispronouncing Urbana. 🙄
James Comer began by badly mispronouncing Urbana. 🙄
Abrego Garcia's request for sanctions for govt's willful noncompliance w Discovery Orders includes:
•review devices of Bondi + [others] p22 😎
•personal sanctions against Joseph Mazzara p25 🔥
•monetary sanctions against govt attorneys personally p24 🎉
•fines or imprisonment for civil contempt p25 🚨
•review devices of Bondi + [others] p22 😎
•personal sanctions against Joseph Mazzara p25 🔥
•monetary sanctions against govt attorneys personally p24 🎉
•fines or imprisonment for civil contempt p25 🚨
![Divining the identities of these officials is made difficult by the
noncompliance itself—although at least a few, such as Mazzara, are already known—which is why
it is appropriate for the Court to order an investigation into which Government officials willfully
evaded the Court’s discovery orders. This could entail the Court deeming waived all non-state
secrets privileges that the Government has asserted and ordering the prompt production of those
documents, see Section D, supra; ordering the documents for which the Government has asserted
state secrets privilege to be produced for in camera review; and ordering the personal devices of
key officials—such as Bondi,
—to be turned over for in camera review as
well, see ECF No. 177-2 at 3.
[ https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815/gov.uscourts.mdd.578815.195.0.pdf ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2mokclyoevmf2gxihjkmzee/bafkreifcyrbppr36ngec3msmnfv7ljedgatczlrvzjvrfs2oozkbvhxj7q@jpeg)
June 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Abrego Garcia's request for sanctions for govt's willful noncompliance w Discovery Orders includes:
•review devices of Bondi + [others] p22 😎
•personal sanctions against Joseph Mazzara p25 🔥
•monetary sanctions against govt attorneys personally p24 🎉
•fines or imprisonment for civil contempt p25 🚨
•review devices of Bondi + [others] p22 😎
•personal sanctions against Joseph Mazzara p25 🔥
•monetary sanctions against govt attorneys personally p24 🎉
•fines or imprisonment for civil contempt p25 🚨
Abrego Garcia's motion for discovery sanctions will likely have to be filed under seal, but it's not yet on the docket at all.
Will it be filed by midnight?
Will it be filed by midnight?
June 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Abrego Garcia's motion for discovery sanctions will likely have to be filed under seal, but it's not yet on the docket at all.
Will it be filed by midnight?
Will it be filed by midnight?
Upon returning Abrego Garcia, DHS asked Judge Xinis to stay all deadlines because his case was moot. She hasn't yet ruled on that request.
Today, DHS asked her again.
Kilmar's lawyers have until tomorrow, June 11, to file for sanctions for DHS's continuing discovery violations. 👀
Today, DHS asked her again.
Kilmar's lawyers have until tomorrow, June 11, to file for sanctions for DHS's continuing discovery violations. 👀
June 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Upon returning Abrego Garcia, DHS asked Judge Xinis to stay all deadlines because his case was moot. She hasn't yet ruled on that request.
Today, DHS asked her again.
Kilmar's lawyers have until tomorrow, June 11, to file for sanctions for DHS's continuing discovery violations. 👀
Today, DHS asked her again.
Kilmar's lawyers have until tomorrow, June 11, to file for sanctions for DHS's continuing discovery violations. 👀
Today's court filing in the Abrego Garcia case states that attorney Erez Reuveni "has left the Department of Justice."
In early April, DOJ pulled Reuveni off the case and put him on leave for not zealously representing the government.
(He was too honest when answering the judge's questions.)
In early April, DOJ pulled Reuveni off the case and put him on leave for not zealously representing the government.
(He was too honest when answering the judge's questions.)
In Trump’s ‘Patriotic’ Hiring Plan, Experts See a Politicized Federal Work Force
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today's court filing in the Abrego Garcia case states that attorney Erez Reuveni "has left the Department of Justice."
In early April, DOJ pulled Reuveni off the case and put him on leave for not zealously representing the government.
(He was too honest when answering the judge's questions.)
In early April, DOJ pulled Reuveni off the case and put him on leave for not zealously representing the government.
(He was too honest when answering the judge's questions.)
A new court filing in the Abrego Garcia case says attorney Erez Reuveni "has left the Department of Justice."
In early April, Reuveni was pulled off the case and put on leave for his candor with the court, or for not zealously representing the government, depending on how you look at things.
In early April, Reuveni was pulled off the case and put on leave for his candor with the court, or for not zealously representing the government, depending on how you look at things.
![Document 193
Abrego Garcia v. Kristi Noem
WITHDRAWAL OF COUNSEL
Please withdraw the appearance of former Acting Deputy Director Erez Reuveni as
counsel for the Defendants in the instant action. Mr. Reuveni has left the Department of Justice.
A proposed Order approving the withdrawal is attached.
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June 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A new court filing in the Abrego Garcia case says attorney Erez Reuveni "has left the Department of Justice."
In early April, Reuveni was pulled off the case and put on leave for his candor with the court, or for not zealously representing the government, depending on how you look at things.
In early April, Reuveni was pulled off the case and put on leave for his candor with the court, or for not zealously representing the government, depending on how you look at things.