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Live Updates: N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James Indicted After Trump’s Pressure Campaign

Henrylane Brown @humble2024.bsky.social · 1d

We are well on track into autocracy, authoritarianism, totalitarianism and fascism in the United States.

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Henrylane Brown @humble2024.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a good start, putting the brakes on this MAGA lawlessness using our troops for personal vendetta and authoritarianism.

US judge blocks Trump's deployment of National Guard in Illinois - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 2d

OH WOW! Congratulations to our contributor, László Krasznahorkai, for winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature!!! 😍🥳
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László Krasznahorkai - Words Without Borders

László Krasznahorkai is the recipient of the 2019 National Book Award for Translated Literature, the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, and the 2013 Best Translated Book Award in Fiction.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai wins

Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins

Follow along as the next winner of the world’s most prestigious literature prize is announced in Stockholm

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Henrylane Brown @humble2024.bsky.social · 2d

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Kristi Noem Attacks Zach Bryan’s New Lyrics About ICE

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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 12d

A little about me for anyone who wants to know more about my background. Thank you for trusting me with your time and attention as we navigate unprecedented times in our country together. I am so grateful for your support. Please visit lawyeroyer.com to learn more. youtube.com/shorts/oK1Ug...

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Fatal flaw in Comey indictment?

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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 12d

The Comey indictment has "exposed the limits of the justice system to provide a check on Trump's will." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Liz Oyer, the Justice Department’s former pardon attorney who was fired by Trump Justice Department officials this year, said the investigations of Comey and other Trump critics has exposed the limits of the justice system to provide a check on Trump’s will.

“We are realizing now that our justice system really relies on those who are entrusted with power exercising that power in good faith,” she said. “That has worked throughout our history, but it is no longer working because we have an elected leader who has intentionally decimated all of the safeguards within the system, has loaded the department with people who are blindly loyal to him and is willing to tear down the whole system to get what he wants, which is revenge against his enemies.”

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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 9d

The indictment of James Comey may have a fatal flaw—the unlawful appointment of the U.S. Attorney who signed it. This would be a major setback for Trump's revenge agenda. youtube.com/shorts/KeLFw...

Two sham U.S. Attorneys disqualified

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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 8d

Two federal judges have now disqualified Trump's picks for US Attorney jobs. Both courts found that Trump's attempt to do an end-run around Senate confirmation was illegal. It could mean other unqualified extremists - like Comey's prosecutor - could also lose their posts. youtube.com/shorts/Cb3VA...

Is it legal for POTUS to deploy the National Guard to U.S. cities?

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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 4d

Many of you have asked if it's legal for the President to deploy the National Guard to U.S. cities. It depends on the facts and circumstances. A Trump-appointed judge in Oregon just blocked the deployment of troops to Portland. youtube.com/shorts/3dXhS...

DOJ in hot water over Kilmar Abrego Garcia case

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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 3d

The Justice Department and Deputy AG Todd Blanche are in some hot water over their handling of the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. A federal judge found a "realistic likelihood" that Abrego is being subjected to a vindictive prosecution, citing comments by Blanche to Fox News. youtube.com/shorts/9iSJH...

Pam Bondi crashes out on Capitol Hill

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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 2d

Pam Bondi testified on Capitol Hill yesterday. I watched so you don't have to. Here's my report. 🫠 youtube.com/shorts/WMNsC...

Malden woman pleads for return of husband taken by ICE on way to work - The Boston Globe

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Katherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 21d

Hernan Escobar was on his way to work when ICE agents sideswiped his car, shattered his window, and refused to identify themselves.

Like so many in Malden, I am disgusted that this systematic terror has made its way into our community. We will get answers, and we will get justice.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 21d

"This week, her fear came true: Her husband, Edgar Hernan Elias Escobar, called her to say that masked federal agents had rammed their car into his to stop it as he went to work, smashed the window, and pointed a stun gun at his head."

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The alleged details of the arrest come amid an ongoing surge of immigration enforcement.

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Henrylane Brown @humble2024.bsky.social · 3d

Pamela Bondi was acting more like a Project 2025 MAGA cult activist than AG, not answering direct questions, being disrespectful and arrogant at the Senate Cmte meeting. Sad!

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3 takeaways from Bondi’s combative DOJ oversight hearing

Democratic senators had questions. Attorney General Pam Bondi wasn’t answering them.

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Noah Lanard @nlanard.bsky.social · 9d

How Robert Malley—a veteran US peace negotiator and the co-author of a new book on the failure of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process— is looking at the recent moves to recognize Palestine.

Link to Q&A here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Henrylane Brown @humble2024.bsky.social · 7d

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Plans to End Government Shutdown Fail in Senate for 4th Time

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Henrylane Brown @humble2024.bsky.social · 7d

It has become clearer for some of us that the long-held views of conservatives on government expenses and savings and small government had always been about cutting taxes to line up the pockets of the wealthy and impoverishing the middle and working class families in the United States.

Henrylane Brown @humble2024.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, stop the genocide against the Palestinian People!

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Opinion | Free speech includes the right to call political opponents 'fascists'

Henrylane Brown @humble2024.bsky.social · 7d

To all fascists and authoritarians: our First Amendment Rights are Sacred, Sacrosanct and Fundamental Principles on which we stand. We’re never going to allow you to take them away from us.

JD Vance and Stephen Miller keep getting this simple fact about 'fascist' wrong
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Top Trump officials say heated political rhetoric is illegal “incitement.” They're wrong — it’s free speech.

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Henrylane Brown @humble2024.bsky.social · 7d

European leaders caught mocking Trump after a false claim about ending a war www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

European leaders caught mocking Trump after a false claim about ending a war

As a video catches foreign leaders laughing at one of the American president's mistakes, this was not an isolated incident.

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Henrylane Brown @humble2024.bsky.social · 8d

Putin swipes back at Trump for calling Russia a 'paper tiger'

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin swiped back on Thursday at U.S. President Donald Trump for calling Russia a "paper tiger" and said Moscow would respond swiftly if it thinks Europe is...

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Henrylane Brown @humble2024.bsky.social · 9d

Diverting the Aid Boats is crime against humanity because they are bringing relief to a population in distress in Gaza.

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Gaza aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg intercepted by Israeli navy — Reuters

Israeli forces have intercepted around 40 boats carrying aid and foreign activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, to Gaza, triggering international condemnation and protests on Thursday...

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Henrylane Brown @humble2024.bsky.social · 9d

Fascism in the United States is showing its true colors starting with brutal, cruel and inhumane attacks on the most vulnerable people (undocumented immigrants) to fast-forward calling on the military to declare war on the American People.