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Liz M
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🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸 #NoKings #DangerousCoats Tragically empathic. Staunchly protective. Far from perfect. Karma. Serene Woodland Witch. Proud Democrat. LGBTQ 🌈 SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇦 #IAmAntiFa #FuckICE
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: DOJ submits threadbare declarations from DHS Sec Kristi Noem and two senior lawyers in response to Chief Judge Boasberg’s ongoing contempt inquiry.

Background: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...

Notice: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Declarations:
Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 198-1 Filed 12/05/25 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LIYANARA SANCHEZ, as next friend on behalf of FRENGEL REYES MOTA, et al., Petitioners-Plaintiffs, J.G.G., et al., Plaintiffs, V. DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al., Respondents-Defendants. Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-00766-JEB DECLARATION OF SECRETARY NOEM I, Kristi Noem, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 1. As Secretary of Homeland Security, I made the decision to continue the transfer of custody of the Alien Enemies Act detainees who had been removed from the United States before this Court issued its temporary restraining order in the evening of March 15, 2025. 2. Before making that decision, I received privileged legal advice from the Acting General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security, Joseph N. Mazzara, and through him from the senior leadership of the Department of Justice. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 4th day of December 2025. Kristi Noem Secretary of Homeland Security Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 198-2 Filed 12/05/25 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LIYANARA SANCHEZ, as next friend on behalf of FRENGEL REYES MOTA, et al., Petitioner, V. DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-00766-JEB DECLARATION OF JOSEPH N. MAZZARA I, Joseph N. Mazzara, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 1. I have served as Acting General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since January 2025. On March 15, 2025, I analyzed what the Court said at the TRO hearing and in its subsequent written order. After my review, I then gave Secretary Noem legal advice —prior to her decision-about the legality of continuing with the transfer of custody to El Salvador of certain terrorist aliens detained under the Alien Enemies Act. DHS had removed these terrorists from the United States before this Court issued any order (or oral statement) regarding their removal. 2. That same evening, I also gave Secretary Noem—prior to her decision legal advice on the same topic that I received from senior Department of Justice leaders. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 5th day of December 2025. Joseph N. Mazzara Aefing General Counsel Department of Homeland Security Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 198-3 Filed 12/05/25 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LIYANARA SANCHEZ, as next friend on behalf of FRENGEL REYES MOTA, et al., Petitioner, v. DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al., Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Respondents. DECLARATION OF DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL BLANCHE I, Todd Blanche, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: I am the Deputy Attorney General of the United States. In the evening of March 15, 2025, after analyzing this Court's oral statements at the TRO hearing and subsequent written order, then-Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove and I provided privileged legal advice to the Secretary of Homeland Security, through Acting DHS General Counsel Joseph N. Mazzara, regarding the decision whether to continue the transfer of custody of the Alien Enemies Act detainees who had been removed from the United States before this Court issued those pronouncements. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this Sth day of December 2025. Your Bland Todd Blanche Deputy Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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kylec.bsky.social
Adams County Treasurer Alex Villagran (D) is ignoring calls to resign after an investigation found he was an absolute creep to female coworkers: kissing one, adjusting another's bra strap, simulating sexual thrusting at work, and detailing his sexual needs and his wife's anatomy.
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
BREAKING on MS NOW:
 
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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notmymonkeymon.bsky.social
For those that don't know, the answer is emphatically nope.

And for at least the last decade the most infamous & egregious murders in Minnesota were committed by cops.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
NBC NEWS: Jack Smith’s final report “said that Trump ‘inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence’ by spreading ‘demonstrably and, in many cases, obviously false’ claims about the 2020 election.”

@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
I'm satisfied that the have PC against Brian Cole, though I think IF THIS IS ALL it is a lower standard of certainty than on most Jan6 cases.

But IF THIS IS ALL the case is going to be VERYYY susceptible to 4A challenge on the cell dumps.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/04/w...
What's Not Being Said about the Alleged Pipe Bomber - emptywheel
The arrest affidavit for Brian Cole, now accused of laying the pipe bombs discovered on January 6, includes only purchase records and location information. There's not a single data point between the ...
www.emptywheel.net
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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atrupar.com
Fox & Friends and Pam Bondi are now sensationalizing specific instances of Somalis being charged with crimes in Minnesota to demonize the whole population
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
It really hasn't gotten enough attention that FBI Director Kash Patel is paid by Shein.
December 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Look, people, there is no evidence that Senator Tom Cotton was caught pleasuring himself while watching the video of those survivors clinging to a portion of a wrecked boat until they were murdered by a second missile.

There's just no truth to that at all. Stop saying it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
They want us to be appalled, because caring about rules of war and human lives and the law all mark us out as inferior to them in their sick worldview.
chrislhayes.bsky.social Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
REP. HIMES: “The video was enormously disturbing… the example given in the DOD manual is of shipwrecked sailors. You do not kill them.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
lizerenity.bsky.social
It would be really spectacular if everyone would flood report OAN, FOX, Bari Weiss, then any of the current " White House press corps" for bias.

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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gmf1369.bsky.social
#GVerse Anti-ICE protesters SHUT DOWN Nola City Counsil Meeting, after demanding to speak about #FuckICE in New Orleans and city collaboration. City Counsil shut down the public comment and left!
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Profound admiration

Teen brothers patrol the Chicago suburbs to track ICE agents and film raids
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
3 Questions:

1) What are we doing?
2) How is this pro-life?
3) What are we doing?

www.themirror.com/news/us-news...
December 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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crockett.house.gov
Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
This is what every district should be doing, starting with NJ, not least bc by stripping the makebelieve US Attorney, you increase Todd Blanche's legal exposure for the bullshit still going on, most notably in the LaMonica McIver case.
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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anthonymkreis.bsky.social
Good morning.
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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jbendery.bsky.social
Mornin. ☕️

ICYMI: I got copies of letters from nearly 20 of Trump's ballroom donors, sent to a senator asking for specifics on how much they gave, who asked them to give, if they made deals, etc.

Most ignored the Qs and bragged about their philanthropy. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump’s Ballroom Donors Blow Off Senator’s Questions About How Much They Gave
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) asked for dollar amounts and Trump contacts. Donors responded by boasting about their philanthropy and love of America.
www.huffpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
You love to see it.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Grand jury declines to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, less than two weeks after the first case was dismissed
Federal officials failed to secure the new indictment against James, whom Trump has targeted, after a judge said the previous one was secured by an unlawfully appointed prosecutor.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has permitted Texas to keep its newly redistricted, GOP-favorable congressional map in 2026.

Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.

s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court allows Texas to use its new congressional map in 2026 elections.

Justice Kagan, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson, dissents.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 25A608 GREG ABBOTT, ET AL. U. LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [December 4, 2025] With an eye on the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, several States have in recent months redrawn their congressional districts in ways that are predicted to favor the State's dominant political party. Texas adopted the first new map, then California responded with its own map for the stated purpose of counteracting what Texas had done. North Carolina followed suit, and other States are also considering new maps. Respondents in this case challenged the new Texas map, contending that the legislature's motive was predominantly racial. A divided three-judge District Court agreed and enjoined the use of the new map in the 2026 elections. With the 2026 campaign underway, the State of Texas and several of its officials applied to this Court for a stay. Based on our preliminary evaluation of this case, Texas satisfies the traditional criteria for interim relief.
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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astrokatie.com
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM