Ken with the apple bottom boots
@jalli1315.bsky.social
Colorado.
Lots of opinions, lots of nerdy stuff.
Same as it was on Twitter but here now
Lots of opinions, lots of nerdy stuff.
Same as it was on Twitter but here now
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What this means in practice is that Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians, and nationals of 16 other countries now will be unable to acquire ANY immigration benefit during until the USCIS Director lifts this hold — including people who were days away from become U.S. citizens.
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
What this means in practice is that Cubans, Venezuelans, Haitians, and nationals of 16 other countries now will be unable to acquire ANY immigration benefit during until the USCIS Director lifts this hold — including people who were days away from become U.S. citizens.
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NEW: The official USCIS guidance on this pause is out. Until further notice from the USCIS Director, all immigration benefits (including citizenship) are indefinitely suspended for nationals of 19 countries, as are all affirmative asylum applications from nationals of any country.
![Page 3: Guidance
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USCIS will conduct a thorough review on a case-by-case basis to assess benefit eligibility including whether:
1. The alien is listed in the Terrorist Screening Dataset (TSDS) as a Known or Suspected
Terrorist (KST) under Tier 1 or Tier 2 classifications or is included in Tier 3 or Tier 4 of the
TSDS with significant derogatory information related to the alien.
2. The alien is connected to prior, current, or planned involvement in, or association with, an activity, individual, or organization described in sections 212(a)(3)(A), (B), or (F), or 237(a)(4)(A) or (B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
3. The alien is linked to prior, current, or planned involvement in, or association with, an activity, individual, or organization that may pose a risk of serious harm or danger to the community, including criminal conduct described in INA 101(a)(43), 212(a)(1)(A)(iii), 212(a)(2), 237(a)(2), or 237(a)(4)(A)(ii).
4. The alien is unable to establish their identity as outlined in PP 10949."'
This process ensures that USCIS exercises its full authority to protect national security and public safety while adhering to the provisions of the INA and applicable laws. USCIS has considered that this direction may result in delay to the adjudication of some pending applications and has weighed that consequence against the urgent need for the agency to ensure that applicants are vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible. Ultimately, USCIS has determined that the burden of processing delays that will fall on some applicants is necessary and appropriate in this instance, when weighed against the agency's obligation to protect and preserve national security.
Within 90 days of issuance of this memorandum, USCIS will prioritize a list for review, interview, re-interview, and referral to ICE and other law enforcement agencies as appropriate, and, in consultation with the [two other offices] issue operational guidance.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreiflg3ofmvb5gya5mycqjtkvis6ltjx6n7j2bxd5basepl67uqtqay@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
NEW: The official USCIS guidance on this pause is out. Until further notice from the USCIS Director, all immigration benefits (including citizenship) are indefinitely suspended for nationals of 19 countries, as are all affirmative asylum applications from nationals of any country.
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My latest newsletter is about how centrist pundits got the lessons of the 2024 election wrong, and how the politics of 2025 exposed them.
The Pundits Were All Wrong
The Republican collapse has exposed elite pundits as clueless
stringinamaze.net
December 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My latest newsletter is about how centrist pundits got the lessons of the 2024 election wrong, and how the politics of 2025 exposed them.
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Ah, Lisa Blatt. Listening to her argue an NLRB case.
JUDGE: "If you say to an associate, 'if you're not happy here, you can quit,' that sure sounds like the associate doesn't have a future at Williams & Connolly."
BLATT: "I say that all the time!"
JUDGE: "If you say to an associate, 'if you're not happy here, you can quit,' that sure sounds like the associate doesn't have a future at Williams & Connolly."
BLATT: "I say that all the time!"
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Ah, Lisa Blatt. Listening to her argue an NLRB case.
JUDGE: "If you say to an associate, 'if you're not happy here, you can quit,' that sure sounds like the associate doesn't have a future at Williams & Connolly."
BLATT: "I say that all the time!"
JUDGE: "If you say to an associate, 'if you're not happy here, you can quit,' that sure sounds like the associate doesn't have a future at Williams & Connolly."
BLATT: "I say that all the time!"
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Here is the Jay Willis Promise: If you're spamming me with cartoonishly obvious AI slop pitches to scam me out of $500, and I can figure out who you are, I will never work with you, and I will email every outlet you've written for previously to advise them to be wary of whatever you send them next
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Here is the Jay Willis Promise: If you're spamming me with cartoonishly obvious AI slop pitches to scam me out of $500, and I can figure out who you are, I will never work with you, and I will email every outlet you've written for previously to advise them to be wary of whatever you send them next
Israel really watched Russia the past three years and said "let's try that
After the Israeli occupation army massacred over a dozen Syrian civilians in Beit Jinn last week, Netanyahu demands that Syria demilitarize "from Damascus to Jabal al-Sheikh", the latter of which Israel currently illegally occupies.
Israel’s Netanyahu says deal with Syria possible but demands buffer zone
US is pushing for a non-aggression pact between Israel, Syria, but Netanyahu has shown little appetite for compromise.
www.aljazeera.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Israel really watched Russia the past three years and said "let's try that
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MAGA is back pretending they care about corporate power and "antitrust reform" (with the press' help) this time as a ruse to help Larry Ellison top Netflix in the acquisition bid for Warner Brothers, CNN, and HBO:
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
MAGA is back pretending they care about corporate power and "antitrust reform" (with the press' help) this time as a ruse to help Larry Ellison top Netflix in the acquisition bid for Warner Brothers, CNN, and HBO:
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"Scapegoat" - if he in fact gave the order he's a war criminal at best. Regardless of whether he was following hegseth's orders (he was)
Breaking news: Government officials said they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill survivors of a targeted strike on suspected drug smugglers in Latin America.
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
"Scapegoat" - if he in fact gave the order he's a war criminal at best. Regardless of whether he was following hegseth's orders (he was)
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This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Leavitt: "The people of Honduras have highlighted to him how the former President Hernandez was set up. This was a clear Biden over prosecution."
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is ridiculous. It was the first TRUMP admin which developed the cases against President Hernandez. His brother Tony Hernandez was indicted in 2018 and convicted in 2019, and key ally Geovanny Fuentes Ramirez was indicted in 2020.
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
Both were later sentenced to life in prison!
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Does anyone have a robust theory as to why the recent reporting on follow on strikes has galvanized this response and not you know the murders they were in the first order?
Note that both of the joint Republican-Democrat Statements from the Senate and House Armed Services Committees refer to the 'Department of Defense' - not the 'Department of War' - in their statements promising oversight of Pete Hegseth's actions.
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Does anyone have a robust theory as to why the recent reporting on follow on strikes has galvanized this response and not you know the murders they were in the first order?
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"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
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Without admission of guilt, without accountability, without any form of apology, without remorse. On brand.
Netanyahu asks Israeli president for pardon to end corruption case on.ft.com/4pGCZ4t
Netanyahu asks Israeli president for pardon to end corruption case
Isaac Herzog’s office says it will consider the ‘extraordinary request’, which is expected to have significant political and legal implications
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Without admission of guilt, without accountability, without any form of apology, without remorse. On brand.
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People who say Israel's posture towards Syria makes no sense are stupid and just refuse to accept what Israel's logic is
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
People who say Israel's posture towards Syria makes no sense are stupid and just refuse to accept what Israel's logic is
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Israel does not believe any other country in the region has any right to sovereignty, or borders, or airspace, or protection from the Israeli military. Israel's posture, aka Israel's illegal occupation of Syrian territory and its repeat attacks towards Syria, is entirely consistent with this.
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Israel does not believe any other country in the region has any right to sovereignty, or borders, or airspace, or protection from the Israeli military. Israel's posture, aka Israel's illegal occupation of Syrian territory and its repeat attacks towards Syria, is entirely consistent with this.
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Can we please stop doing this Trump vs Biden granted the shooter asylum bullshit? The asylum process is hard enough and it only covers your past not what you could do in the future. We don't need it to be tougher, sometimes people go bad and there is no reasonable way to predict it.
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Can we please stop doing this Trump vs Biden granted the shooter asylum bullshit? The asylum process is hard enough and it only covers your past not what you could do in the future. We don't need it to be tougher, sometimes people go bad and there is no reasonable way to predict it.
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REUTERS tries to quantify Trump’s “sweeping campaign of retaliation against perceived enemies ..”
The number of targets? “At least 470 people, organizations and institutions ..”
@reuters.com @bradheath.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/investigates...
The number of targets? “At least 470 people, organizations and institutions ..”
@reuters.com @bradheath.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
REUTERS tries to quantify Trump’s “sweeping campaign of retaliation against perceived enemies ..”
The number of targets? “At least 470 people, organizations and institutions ..”
@reuters.com @bradheath.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/investigates...
The number of targets? “At least 470 people, organizations and institutions ..”
@reuters.com @bradheath.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank on Thursday after they appeared to surrender, according to videos released by an international news agency and two Arab television networks.
Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians in West Bank After They Appear to Surrender, Video Shows
The Israeli authorities said they were reviewing the shooting, which came amid days of extensive military operations in the West Bank.
nyti.ms
November 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank on Thursday after they appeared to surrender, according to videos released by an international news agency and two Arab television networks.
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Fani Willis is an excellent illustration of the concept that MOST Americans are super-deferential to prosecutors to the point of ignoring their bad behavior, so long as the prosecutors are going after someone the Americans in question don’t like.
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Fani Willis is an excellent illustration of the concept that MOST Americans are super-deferential to prosecutors to the point of ignoring their bad behavior, so long as the prosecutors are going after someone the Americans in question don’t like.
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“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“This is what corruption looks like,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett said about a firm with ties to Kristi Noem secretly working on a DHS ad campaign. “They’re stealing money from the American people’s pockets and depositing it into their bank accounts.”
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Since 1973, at least 201 people on death row have been exonerated—meaning cleared of any responsibility for a crime. Eighteen of those people were in Texas. A recent report reveals how racist the ultimate punishment really is:
New Report Highlights the 'Fatal Flaws' Behind Wrongful Capital Convictions
The ACLU found official misconduct, perjury, and predominantly white juries to be leading contributors to exonerated death sentences.
www.texasobserver.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Since 1973, at least 201 people on death row have been exonerated—meaning cleared of any responsibility for a crime. Eighteen of those people were in Texas. A recent report reveals how racist the ultimate punishment really is:
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Although he was from Khost, the DC shooter was a veteran of the CIA’s Kandahar CTPT surrogate unit, known in the early years as the QSF or KSF and later as NSU-03.
Here is a 2021 WaPo story I wrote about 03’s escape from Kandahar into collapsing Kabul, where they helped secure the HKIA evacuation.
Here is a 2021 WaPo story I wrote about 03’s escape from Kandahar into collapsing Kabul, where they helped secure the HKIA evacuation.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Although he was from Khost, the DC shooter was a veteran of the CIA’s Kandahar CTPT surrogate unit, known in the early years as the QSF or KSF and later as NSU-03.
Here is a 2021 WaPo story I wrote about 03’s escape from Kandahar into collapsing Kabul, where they helped secure the HKIA evacuation.
Here is a 2021 WaPo story I wrote about 03’s escape from Kandahar into collapsing Kabul, where they helped secure the HKIA evacuation.
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My friend Jake (that’s Dr. Beck to you!) on the crisis in Texas universities.
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
Professor: Texas used to have universities
Former Texas Tech professor takes issue with the actions of Texas universities to restrict what topics can be discussed. Doing so makes them something other...
www.dallasnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
My friend Jake (that’s Dr. Beck to you!) on the crisis in Texas universities.
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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9NEWS has obtained a copy of the Trump DOJ's request to take custody of Tina Peters.
Colorado's Department of Corrections redacted a large portion of the request, claiming its disclosure would be "contrary to public interest."
Colorado's Department of Corrections redacted a large portion of the request, claiming its disclosure would be "contrary to public interest."
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
9NEWS has obtained a copy of the Trump DOJ's request to take custody of Tina Peters.
Colorado's Department of Corrections redacted a large portion of the request, claiming its disclosure would be "contrary to public interest."
Colorado's Department of Corrections redacted a large portion of the request, claiming its disclosure would be "contrary to public interest."