Sylvia Chi 齊思涵
@sylviachi.bsky.social
dog person. lawyer but not your lawyer. admin law enthusiast. i work on climate justice and public banking. she/they 🇺🇸🇹🇼
opinions are my own!
opinions are my own!
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the mother of her nephew!!!
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
the mother of her nephew!!!
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I have a strong suspicion that someone used an AI summary here. The phrase “exceedingly limited” in this context appears in an article by Judge J. Michael Luttig, in The Atlantic. But the cite gets the context completely wrong. Here’s what Judge Luttig says:
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I have a strong suspicion that someone used an AI summary here. The phrase “exceedingly limited” in this context appears in an article by Judge J. Michael Luttig, in The Atlantic. But the cite gets the context completely wrong. Here’s what Judge Luttig says:
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Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Photos from St. Paul today captured by MPR photojournalist Kerem Yücel. He filed them even after being hospitalized after being injured by a less lethal munition.
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The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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The Fed, FDIC, and OCC have finalized a rule weakening a key post-financial crisis leverage capital rule applicable to the 8 largest US banks.
Barr's dissent (correctly) notes the rule won't achieve its stated purpose of helping Treasury markets. Instead, it will make big banks less resilient.
Barr's dissent (correctly) notes the rule won't achieve its stated purpose of helping Treasury markets. Instead, it will make big banks less resilient.
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Fed, FDIC, and OCC have finalized a rule weakening a key post-financial crisis leverage capital rule applicable to the 8 largest US banks.
Barr's dissent (correctly) notes the rule won't achieve its stated purpose of helping Treasury markets. Instead, it will make big banks less resilient.
Barr's dissent (correctly) notes the rule won't achieve its stated purpose of helping Treasury markets. Instead, it will make big banks less resilient.
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If private industry providing essential infrastructure, products, or services cannot survive financially, that’s a utility that probably shoulda been public all along.
(If it isn’t essential,why not let it implode?)
(If it isn’t essential,why not let it implode?)
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If private industry providing essential infrastructure, products, or services cannot survive financially, that’s a utility that probably shoulda been public all along.
(If it isn’t essential,why not let it implode?)
(If it isn’t essential,why not let it implode?)
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The Gaza protests not only “provoked intense political conflict.” Liberal and Dem leaders are still calling them antisemites for caring about liberal principles like human rights and international law…and they expect these same kids to come defend liberal democracy!
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The Gaza protests not only “provoked intense political conflict.” Liberal and Dem leaders are still calling them antisemites for caring about liberal principles like human rights and international law…and they expect these same kids to come defend liberal democracy!
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Absolutely deranged. I hope countries clamoring to end asylum or refugee policies for people from Myanmar—including Taiwan—don’t use this as justification for that now
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
DHS Terminating Temporary Protected Status for Burma
Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Burma (Myanmar).
www.uscis.gov
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Absolutely deranged. I hope countries clamoring to end asylum or refugee policies for people from Myanmar—including Taiwan—don’t use this as justification for that now
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
www.uscis.gov/newsroom/new...
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In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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California is the Texas of failing to cut transportation GHGs
No it is that TX has like 10x CA's electricity pollution despite generating 80% more renewable energy.
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
California is the Texas of failing to cut transportation GHGs
H1-B visa holder detained when trying to board a domestic flight. Unclear what the grounds for arrest are.
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
H1-B visa holder detained when trying to board a domestic flight. Unclear what the grounds for arrest are.
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One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
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Part of the problem is that liberal media keeps pretending that the right has “intellectual standards” when the rights idea of intellectual standards is RFK “I Like Bathing In Sewage” Jr being in charge of all of America’s health.
The controversy over the Heritage Foundation illustrates the collapse of intellectual standards on the right—a profound problem that Donald Trump has exploited and exacerbated, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Part of the problem is that liberal media keeps pretending that the right has “intellectual standards” when the rights idea of intellectual standards is RFK “I Like Bathing In Sewage” Jr being in charge of all of America’s health.
I'd click and share the heck out of this op-ed.
What if Dems ran on sacrificing James Carville's human rights?
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'd click and share the heck out of this op-ed.
Here's the full list of members of all of the committees. Lots of good folks, including some friends and colleagues listed! www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Here's the full list of members of all of the committees. Lots of good folks, including some friends and colleagues listed! www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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“There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not a presidential power,” wrote Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow with the American Immigration Council advocacy group. “TPS by law cannot be terminated early. Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.”
Trump Prompts Outrage for Revoking Protected Status for Minnesota Somalis
“There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not a presidential power,” said an immigration expert.
truthout.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“There is literally no legal means by which he can do this. It’s not a presidential power,” wrote Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow with the American Immigration Council advocacy group. “TPS by law cannot be terminated early. Somali TPS is not set to expire until March 17, 2026.”
Here's the paragraph from the latest Carville blathering that should be circulating. Why it's strategic in for Democrats to reinforce the fascist opposition's frame remains a mystery to me.
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Here's the paragraph from the latest Carville blathering that should be circulating. Why it's strategic in for Democrats to reinforce the fascist opposition's frame remains a mystery to me.
Nothing says "safety is the FAA's top priority" like complaining about people wearing PJs to the airport.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Nothing says "safety is the FAA's top priority" like complaining about people wearing PJs to the airport.
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In a recession, policymakers should prioritize:
✔️direct, robust stimulus for families
✔️direct and flexible aid for state and local governments
✔️experimentation with economic policy
Zehra Khan on the historical lessons to guide a future recovery: https://bit.ly/3XNuZ5y
✔️direct, robust stimulus for families
✔️direct and flexible aid for state and local governments
✔️experimentation with economic policy
Zehra Khan on the historical lessons to guide a future recovery: https://bit.ly/3XNuZ5y
How Should Progressives Respond to the Next Recession? - Roosevelt Institute
The next recession should be treated as an opportunity for structural transformation, not merely stabilization. Drawing on historical evidence, Zehra Khan shows that a bold, front-loaded stimulus produces faster and more equitable recoveries than auster...
rooseveltinstitute.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In a recession, policymakers should prioritize:
✔️direct, robust stimulus for families
✔️direct and flexible aid for state and local governments
✔️experimentation with economic policy
Zehra Khan on the historical lessons to guide a future recovery: https://bit.ly/3XNuZ5y
✔️direct, robust stimulus for families
✔️direct and flexible aid for state and local governments
✔️experimentation with economic policy
Zehra Khan on the historical lessons to guide a future recovery: https://bit.ly/3XNuZ5y
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This column is titled “Out With Woke. In With Rage. There’s no reason for Carville to say anything about “woke” except as a signal to other white centrists that it’s ok to move left, but still leave Black people behind just like the New Deal did after the Great Depression.
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This column is titled “Out With Woke. In With Rage. There’s no reason for Carville to say anything about “woke” except as a signal to other white centrists that it’s ok to move left, but still leave Black people behind just like the New Deal did after the Great Depression.
My brother's been working as a chip architect for Nvidia since 2010. We had early Thanksgiving with my family this weekend because my parents are traveling to see my grandma this week, and it's too bad we didn't have this to talk about!
In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My brother's been working as a chip architect for Nvidia since 2010. We had early Thanksgiving with my family this weekend because my parents are traveling to see my grandma this week, and it's too bad we didn't have this to talk about!
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An alarming development. The way was paved with the criminalization of various Islamic materials post 9-11.
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine
Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
An alarming development. The way was paved with the criminalization of various Islamic materials post 9-11.
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/23/p...
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wrote about the "hemp ban" that Congress snuck into the government-reopening bill, the impact it's already having on angry farmers and brewers and small-biz owners across the country, the misconceptions around the plant, and the lobbies that agitated for this crackdown: slate.com/business/202...
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
wrote about the "hemp ban" that Congress snuck into the government-reopening bill, the impact it's already having on angry farmers and brewers and small-biz owners across the country, the misconceptions around the plant, and the lobbies that agitated for this crackdown: slate.com/business/202...
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...