Stephens
@stephenswithaph.bsky.social
Pro democracy. Anti Trump/MAGA. Southerner (blue dot in a red state). Dog lover. Will block all bots, trolls & MAGA.
Slava Ukraini!!
Slava Ukraini!!
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
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BREAKING: Canada Just Told Elon's Starlink to Take a Hike
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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BREAKING: Canada Just Told Elon's Starlink to Take a Hike
Ottawa’s Arctic MILSATCOM bombshell is more than procurement. It’s a geopolitical mic drop.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
BREAKING: Canada Just Told Elon's Starlink to Take a Hike
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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The bubble we should be talking about is the Musk bubble. These valuations are fantasy.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/t...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/t...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The bubble we should be talking about is the Musk bubble. These valuations are fantasy.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/t...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/t...
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This isn't a pillow fight between Ivanka and Don Jr. this is an illegal invasion, kidnapping scheme and murder of innocent civilians. This is Russia waging war on their neighbor to gain territory and resources. Putin is the villain in this, full stop. #Mark #Asset #Proxy #Ukraine @ec.europa.eu
December 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This isn't a pillow fight between Ivanka and Don Jr. this is an illegal invasion, kidnapping scheme and murder of innocent civilians. This is Russia waging war on their neighbor to gain territory and resources. Putin is the villain in this, full stop. #Mark #Asset #Proxy #Ukraine @ec.europa.eu
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Since fish farms were closed on most of the inside pass of Vancouver Island, look at the amazing coho fishery recovery. Amazing to see!
December 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Since fish farms were closed on most of the inside pass of Vancouver Island, look at the amazing coho fishery recovery. Amazing to see!
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Dan Richman is a professor at Columbia Law School and a leading authority on criminal procedure—not exactly an ideal target for Fourth Amendment violations.
I’d love to see what his Crim Pro exam looks like this year.
I’d love to see what his Crim Pro exam looks like this year.
NEWS: Dan Richman — key figure in now-dismissed Comey case — wins motion for return of materials seized from his devices.
Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
![Richman's [l] Motion for Return of Property and ORDER the Government to return to
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ichman the image of his computer that was made in 2017; any files obtained from his
vomo University email accounts) or his Apple iCloud accounts) in 2019 or 2020 that are in
the Government's possession; any copies of the image or files obtained from Petitioner
Richman's email or iCloud accounts that are in the Government's possession; and any materials
directly
obtained or extracted from those files that are in the Government's possession
(collectively, the "covered materials").
In order to "protect access to" the files at issue and preserve their availability for lawful
"use in later proceedings," see Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(g), and as an exercise of the Court's equitable
discretion to fashion a remedy that is appropriate under all the circumstances, the Court shall
further ORDER that, before returning the covered materials to Petitioner Richman, the
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Government may create one complete electronic copy of those materials and deposit that copy,
under seal, with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which shall have
supervisory authority over access to this material, for future access pursuant to a lawful search
warrant and judicial order. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia may then
exercise its discretion to decide whether to allow Petitioner Richman an opportunity to move to
quash any such warrant before it is executed.
The Court shall further ORDER the Attorney General of the United States or her
designee to certify, no later than 4:00 p.m. ET on Monday, December 15, 2025, that the Government has (1) returned the covered materials to Petitioner Richman; (2) not retained any
additional copy or copies of the covered materials; (3) not provided any copy or copies of the
covered materials to any other person, except for one copy that may be filed, under seal, in the
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December 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Dan Richman is a professor at Columbia Law School and a leading authority on criminal procedure—not exactly an ideal target for Fourth Amendment violations.
I’d love to see what his Crim Pro exam looks like this year.
I’d love to see what his Crim Pro exam looks like this year.
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NEWS: Dan Richman — key figure in now-dismissed Comey case — wins motion for return of materials seized from his devices.
Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
December 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
NEWS: Dan Richman — key figure in now-dismissed Comey case — wins motion for return of materials seized from his devices.
Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
Judge finds his rights were violated, orders that DOJ can only access data pursuant to lawful warrant.
Order could complicate efforts to re-indict Comey.
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Topsy is doing good work in Seattle
December 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Topsy is doing good work in Seattle
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I'm late to this...but encourage you to take the time to read this, Ed's latest. It's pretty timely (and if possible should be read by FT readers in conjunction with today's iteration of his "Swamp Notes" column.)
"When historians assess this age of American populism, Silicon Valley’s plutocrats will surely be judged its winners." Me on Trump's love of the broligarchy and what that means for Europe and Maga's future. as.ft.com/r/55519a35-2...
Trump is choosing the broligarchs over his base
[FREE TO READ] When historians assess this age of American populism, Silicon Valley’s plutocrats will surely be judged its winners
as.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm late to this...but encourage you to take the time to read this, Ed's latest. It's pretty timely (and if possible should be read by FT readers in conjunction with today's iteration of his "Swamp Notes" column.)
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Pete Buttigieg on Indiana’s Redistricting:
“You know, a big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered — to make him feel inevitable — and yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable & you are not without power—”
“You know, a big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered — to make him feel inevitable — and yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable & you are not without power—”
December 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Pete Buttigieg on Indiana’s Redistricting:
“You know, a big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered — to make him feel inevitable — and yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable & you are not without power—”
“You know, a big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered — to make him feel inevitable — and yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable & you are not without power—”
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A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
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Who invented non-reflective glass?
American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.
It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.
It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
December 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Who invented non-reflective glass?
American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.
It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938.
It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor
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Putin bragged to foreign journalists that his forces had taken the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk. President Zelenskyy showed up instead and showed the world that Russia wasn't even there.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Putin bragged to foreign journalists that his forces had taken the Ukrainian city of Kupiansk. President Zelenskyy showed up instead and showed the world that Russia wasn't even there.
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"It doesn’t seem to have occurred to the administration that spending the last several months going scorched earth on the rest of the world might make other countries the tiniest bit disinclined to deal with us."
We're the baddies now. Our new Security Strategy shows it.
It's a gift to the Kremlin and a middle finger to our erstwhile allies.
www.publicnotice.co
December 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"It doesn’t seem to have occurred to the administration that spending the last several months going scorched earth on the rest of the world might make other countries the tiniest bit disinclined to deal with us."
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🗽Robert Reich
Dec 12, 2025
Let me make it clear I’m against Netflix acquiring Warner Bros Discovery. That would concentrate corporate power in ways that harm consumers and distort American politics. But Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros would be worse.
robertreich.substack.com/p/what-happe...
Dec 12, 2025
Let me make it clear I’m against Netflix acquiring Warner Bros Discovery. That would concentrate corporate power in ways that harm consumers and distort American politics. But Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros would be worse.
robertreich.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What Happens When a Bonkers President Takes Over the Private Sector
We need independent regulatory agencies to contain him
robertreich.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🗽Robert Reich
Dec 12, 2025
Let me make it clear I’m against Netflix acquiring Warner Bros Discovery. That would concentrate corporate power in ways that harm consumers and distort American politics. But Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros would be worse.
robertreich.substack.com/p/what-happe...
Dec 12, 2025
Let me make it clear I’m against Netflix acquiring Warner Bros Discovery. That would concentrate corporate power in ways that harm consumers and distort American politics. But Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros would be worse.
robertreich.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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It's NOT 🇺🇦 or Europe wasting Trump's time. It's Trump wasting 🇺🇦 blood and European time through his peace masquerade. Trump's appeasement of Putin only makes peace less likely! My latest👇
December 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
It's NOT 🇺🇦 or Europe wasting Trump's time. It's Trump wasting 🇺🇦 blood and European time through his peace masquerade. Trump's appeasement of Putin only makes peace less likely! My latest👇
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Z shows up in the middle of the city Putin claims he controls. Definition of badass!
December 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Z shows up in the middle of the city Putin claims he controls. Definition of badass!
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Bennie Thompson on Noem: "Her arrival was short lived. She left in the middle of the hearing ostensibly to go to another meeting. We found that the meeting had been canceled, so she could've stayed. But nonetheless, we're not surprised, because this is who she is."
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Bennie Thompson on Noem: "Her arrival was short lived. She left in the middle of the hearing ostensibly to go to another meeting. We found that the meeting had been canceled, so she could've stayed. But nonetheless, we're not surprised, because this is who she is."
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A Fulton Market pizza joint has transformed into a Little Nero's pop-up in honor of the 35th anniversary of "Home Alone." blockclubchi.co/4paoZPX
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A Fulton Market pizza joint has transformed into a Little Nero's pop-up in honor of the 35th anniversary of "Home Alone." blockclubchi.co/4paoZPX
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Garcia: We've actually only reviewed about a fourth of the 95,000 photos that were actually sent to us late last night. And so as we're going through those photos.. we'll continue to put out photos in the days and weeks ahead
December 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Garcia: We've actually only reviewed about a fourth of the 95,000 photos that were actually sent to us late last night. And so as we're going through those photos.. we'll continue to put out photos in the days and weeks ahead