Aze ❀ Linn
@azelinn.bsky.social
Retired corporate librarian, living-related kidney donor, Pacific NW
"To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy." ~Thurgood Marshall
"To protest against injustice is the foundation of all our American democracy." ~Thurgood Marshall
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Remember: it is a LIE that immigration is associated with crime (on the contrary), including undocumented.
This isn't said enough. Connecting immigrants to crime is a foundational LIE.
Always be skeptical of a policy or action based on this spin.
Eg: siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythica...
This isn't said enough. Connecting immigrants to crime is a foundational LIE.
Always be skeptical of a policy or action based on this spin.
Eg: siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythica...
December 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Remember: it is a LIE that immigration is associated with crime (on the contrary), including undocumented.
This isn't said enough. Connecting immigrants to crime is a foundational LIE.
Always be skeptical of a policy or action based on this spin.
Eg: siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythica...
This isn't said enough. Connecting immigrants to crime is a foundational LIE.
Always be skeptical of a policy or action based on this spin.
Eg: siepr.stanford.edu/news/mythica...
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cancel culture run amok
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
December 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
cancel culture run amok
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BREAKING: Judge James Boasberg rules for those deported under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15 — certifying a class, finding the U.S. maintained constructive custody over them at CECOT, finding they were not given due process, and ordering return or that such process be given by Jan. 5, 2026.
![ORDER
For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, the Court ORDERS
that:
1. Plaintiffs' [177] Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED;
2. Plaintiffs' [178] Motion for Class Certification is GRANTED;
3. Defendants' [182] Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED; and
4. The Government shall submit its proposal either to facilitate the return
of Plaintiffs to the United States or to otherwise provide them with
hearings that satisfy the requirements of due process by January 5,
2026.
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Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB
Document 214
Filed 12/22/25
Page 2 of 2
/s/ James E. Boasberg
JAMES E. BOASBERG
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December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
BREAKING: Judge James Boasberg rules for those deported under the Alien Enemies Act on March 15 — certifying a class, finding the U.S. maintained constructive custody over them at CECOT, finding they were not given due process, and ordering return or that such process be given by Jan. 5, 2026.
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Unsurprising but devastating: plans for a zombified NCA6 to be written by a handful of climate contrarians & Grok.
A slap in the face to the American public, and to the hundreds of scientists who'd volunteered to spend the next several years carefully doing this the right way, for the public good.
A slap in the face to the American public, and to the hundreds of scientists who'd volunteered to spend the next several years carefully doing this the right way, for the public good.
I look forward to the legally required, transparent peer review process required by the US Global Change Research Act and the Information Quality Act. I always thought they would try to do a NCA with Judith Curry, five old men and a LLM.
It’s the gold standard of US climate research. Contrarians could write the next one.
Researchers who have downplayed the threat of global warming have been asked to author the next National Climate Assessment.
www.eenews.net
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Unsurprising but devastating: plans for a zombified NCA6 to be written by a handful of climate contrarians & Grok.
A slap in the face to the American public, and to the hundreds of scientists who'd volunteered to spend the next several years carefully doing this the right way, for the public good.
A slap in the face to the American public, and to the hundreds of scientists who'd volunteered to spend the next several years carefully doing this the right way, for the public good.
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Within only days, Trump's actions completely validate an assessment by Danish intelligence that the country faces an acute threat to its territory from Donald Trump, who may resort to military force. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
You cannot annex other countries, Danish and Greenlandic leaders tell Trump
Mette Frederiksen and Jens-Frederik Nielsen demand respect for borders after US appoints Greenland envoy
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Within only days, Trump's actions completely validate an assessment by Danish intelligence that the country faces an acute threat to its territory from Donald Trump, who may resort to military force. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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At least 717 million large-capacity magazines (LCMs), like the one used by the Brown mass shooter, have been produced & distributed over a 30-year period, including a decade when the devices were banned.
60% of mass shootings between 1982 & 2019 involved LCMs.
Free link: archive.ph/681DK
60% of mass shootings between 1982 & 2019 involved LCMs.
Free link: archive.ph/681DK
December 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
At least 717 million large-capacity magazines (LCMs), like the one used by the Brown mass shooter, have been produced & distributed over a 30-year period, including a decade when the devices were banned.
60% of mass shootings between 1982 & 2019 involved LCMs.
Free link: archive.ph/681DK
60% of mass shootings between 1982 & 2019 involved LCMs.
Free link: archive.ph/681DK
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In the summer of 1950 most US newspapers ran an AP story about how race had become the main issue in the upcoming Georgia governor's race. Segregationist Herman Tallmadge, governor from '47 to '55 and then a Senator until 1981 made a name for himself by refusing to "apologize for being a white man."
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In the summer of 1950 most US newspapers ran an AP story about how race had become the main issue in the upcoming Georgia governor's race. Segregationist Herman Tallmadge, governor from '47 to '55 and then a Senator until 1981 made a name for himself by refusing to "apologize for being a white man."
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump does presidency via Truth Social – what are Americans missing out on? ...
Since just 3% of Americans use platform Trump owns, public may be unaware of his mental state and performance.
Trump does presidency via Truth Social – what are Americans missing out on? ...
Since just 3% of Americans use platform Trump owns, public may be unaware of his mental state and performance.
Trump does presidency via Truth Social – what are Americans missing out on?
Since just 3% of Americans use platform Trump owns, public may be unaware of his mental state and performance
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump does presidency via Truth Social – what are Americans missing out on? ...
Since just 3% of Americans use platform Trump owns, public may be unaware of his mental state and performance.
Trump does presidency via Truth Social – what are Americans missing out on? ...
Since just 3% of Americans use platform Trump owns, public may be unaware of his mental state and performance.
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Rick Steves is an American treasure. Just all-around, one of the absolute best of us.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Rick Steves is an American treasure. Just all-around, one of the absolute best of us.
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Our top stories from the year that resounded across the West (and beyond).
HCN 2025 impact report - High Country News
Our top stories from the year that resounded across the West (and beyond).
buff.ly
December 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Our top stories from the year that resounded across the West (and beyond).
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Closing NCAR because it produces "climate alarmism" is like closing the fire department because it produces "fire alarmism"
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
A low point
Things will get better....I think
billmckibben.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Closing NCAR because it produces "climate alarmism" is like closing the fire department because it produces "fire alarmism"
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-low-poin...
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The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. I went on NPR today to explain what this could mean for climate research.
Listen here:
Listen here:
Trump moves to dismantle a ‘global mothership’ of climate research : Here & Now Anytime
The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist at the Nature Co...
www.npr.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Trump administration says it will dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a cornerstone for American climate and weather science. I went on NPR today to explain what this could mean for climate research.
Listen here:
Listen here:
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This is a wildly unethical study that would be illegal to conduct in the United States. Have you heard of the Tuskegee experiments (crimes against humanity)? This sounds like that.
CDC awards $1.6 million for new hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau. Although the award recipients aren't named, the grant seems tailored to Danish researchers whose work is championed by anti-vaxxers but challenged by mainstream scientists.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
CDC awards $1.6 million for hepatitis B vaccine study, likely to controversial Danish researchers
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is a wildly unethical study that would be illegal to conduct in the United States. Have you heard of the Tuskegee experiments (crimes against humanity)? This sounds like that.
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“.. Trump’s $1,776 checks for more than a million troops .. come from Congressionally-allocated reconciliation funds intended to subsidize housing allowances for service members, a senior administration official confirmed.”
@defenseone.bsky.social
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
@defenseone.bsky.social
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December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“.. Trump’s $1,776 checks for more than a million troops .. come from Congressionally-allocated reconciliation funds intended to subsidize housing allowances for service members, a senior administration official confirmed.”
@defenseone.bsky.social
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
@defenseone.bsky.social
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
NEW: The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.
Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
projects.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It was amazing to watch the journalists who built this tool at work. Months and months of painstaking effort, careful reporting behind every decision.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
It's the kind of work that ProPublica does best.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Excerpts of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's closed-door statement to House Judiciary Committee just now:
"If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat"
(MORE)
"If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat"
(MORE)
December 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Excerpts of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's closed-door statement to House Judiciary Committee just now:
"If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat"
(MORE)
"If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat"
(MORE)
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everybody is 12
White House adds insulting plaques below Biden and Obama portraits
Newest additions appear to be part of the administration’s ongoing ‘troll’ campaign against former presidents and Trump’s opponents
www.independent.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
everybody is 12
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This 👇. My go-to explanation since the boat strikes and navy buildup began in late summer: They're bootstrapping a justification for invoking the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport people domestically.
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This 👇. My go-to explanation since the boat strikes and navy buildup began in late summer: They're bootstrapping a justification for invoking the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport people domestically.
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He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
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Today, House Republicans wasted committee time targeting the Southern Poverty Law Center, going after the organization’s finances and ties to Democratic administrations.
It’s stunning hypocrisy coming from the party of the Koch brothers and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.
It’s stunning hypocrisy coming from the party of the Koch brothers and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.
December 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Today, House Republicans wasted committee time targeting the Southern Poverty Law Center, going after the organization’s finances and ties to Democratic administrations.
It’s stunning hypocrisy coming from the party of the Koch brothers and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.
It’s stunning hypocrisy coming from the party of the Koch brothers and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025.
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Very great read. Says it all.
Very great read. Says it all.
Opinion | The 77-Year-Old Book That Helps Explain the MAGA New Right
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/o...
Very great read. Says it all.
Very great read. Says it all.
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