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As far as I can tell the Trump admin currently has a 0% success rate in lawsuits seeking to overturn immigrant-friendly policies.
Federal court throws out Trump admin’s challenge to NY’s Green Light Law permitting undocumented immigrants to obtain state-issued standard drivers licenses
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Order on Motion for Leave to File AND Order on Motion for Summary Judgment AND Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim AND Order on Motion to File Amicus Brief – #32 in United States v...
MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER. The Court hereby ORDERS that the unopposed Motions for Leave to File Amicus Briefs, Dkt. Nos. 17 , 29 , are GRANTED. The Court further ORDERS that Defendants' Motion...
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December 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
As far as I can tell the Trump admin currently has a 0% success rate in lawsuits seeking to overturn immigrant-friendly policies.
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I’ve been worried about this. People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countries.
‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it
People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countries
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December 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I’ve been worried about this. People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-handed in their home countries.
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Reintroduce it under Zohran.
December 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Reintroduce it under Zohran.
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New: As one of his final acts in office, Mayor Adams late on Christmas Eve vetoed a City Council bill that would temporarily allow alleged victims of gender-based violence to sue their perpetrators even if the statute of limitations is expired. www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/24/m...
Mayor Adams vetoes bill that’d make it easier for gender violence victims to sue
As one of his final acts in office, Mayor Adams late on Christmas Eve vetoed a City Council bill that would temporarily allow victims of gender-based violence to sue their perpetrators even if the …
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December 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
New: As one of his final acts in office, Mayor Adams late on Christmas Eve vetoed a City Council bill that would temporarily allow alleged victims of gender-based violence to sue their perpetrators even if the statute of limitations is expired. www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/24/m...
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Protecting abusers is a full time job
New: As one of his final acts in office, Mayor Adams late on Christmas Eve vetoed a City Council bill that would temporarily allow alleged victims of gender-based violence to sue their perpetrators even if the statute of limitations is expired. www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/24/m...
Mayor Adams vetoes bill that’d make it easier for gender violence victims to sue
As one of his final acts in office, Mayor Adams late on Christmas Eve vetoed a City Council bill that would temporarily allow victims of gender-based violence to sue their perpetrators even if the …
www.nydailynews.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Protecting abusers is a full time job
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Or you might call them "camps" where people are to be "concentrated" until they are deported.
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ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Or you might call them "camps" where people are to be "concentrated" until they are deported.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Amazing how ugly this actually is
Oh man. The 360° Oval Office view is even more obnoxious than I previously thought. The bright side: he’s out of wall space, so the damage should be complete.
December 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Amazing how ugly this actually is
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Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other
country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million
more have inadequate access to c...
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December 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Would you believe me if I told you Mark Cuban didn’t want a peer reviewed answer to his question from the top medical journal
Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other
country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million
more have inadequate access to c...
www.thelancet.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Would you believe me if I told you Mark Cuban didn’t want a peer reviewed answer to his question from the top medical journal
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"'We request that the government pause apprehension activities during the Christmas season. Such a pause would show a decent regard for the humanity of these families.'
The White House did not mention the holiday season in its rejection of the Bishops' request..."
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The White House did not mention the holiday season in its rejection of the Bishops' request..."
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White House rebuffs Catholic bishops' appeal for a Christmas pause in immigration enforcement
The appeal was issued by the Miami archbishop and signed by seven other members of the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"'We request that the government pause apprehension activities during the Christmas season. Such a pause would show a decent regard for the humanity of these families.'
The White House did not mention the holiday season in its rejection of the Bishops' request..."
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The White House did not mention the holiday season in its rejection of the Bishops' request..."
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Opinion | The Strange Death of Make America Great Again
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December 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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i like this dude
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
i like this dude
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This petition is up to 230 signatories. I bet we can get it to their goal of 400 over the next few days! Are you in, friends in NYC???
Reposting this petition for NYC people interested in pushing back rather than partnering up:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
December 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This petition is up to 230 signatories. I bet we can get it to their goal of 400 over the next few days! Are you in, friends in NYC???
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Merry Christmas to all, except the fascists
“Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country…”
December 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Merry Christmas to all, except the fascists
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I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
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December 24, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
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and bigger and heavier vehicles wear bigger tires, and produce more pollution (see also, brake dust), whether that weight is some absurd bloated SUV / truck frame, or a battery pack, or both
drive less, drive smaller, buy a vehicle sized for your vast majority use cases, not the outliers
drive less, drive smaller, buy a vehicle sized for your vast majority use cases, not the outliers
I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%).
Lay article attached:
Lay article attached:
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particle...
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
and bigger and heavier vehicles wear bigger tires, and produce more pollution (see also, brake dust), whether that weight is some absurd bloated SUV / truck frame, or a battery pack, or both
drive less, drive smaller, buy a vehicle sized for your vast majority use cases, not the outliers
drive less, drive smaller, buy a vehicle sized for your vast majority use cases, not the outliers
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up.
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
Turmoil at CBS News After Bari Weiss Pulls a ‘60 Minutes’ Segment
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December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NYT shows how Bari Weiss really screwed this up.
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
She didn't attend any of the 5 screenings of the story, which began on Dec. 12.
She only first weighed in on Thursday, and the show incorporated her suggestions.
She then waited until weekend to ask for more edits.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/b...
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📈 22.0K new users joined Bluesky yesterday (↗ 0.8% from previous day)
Signup activity stays in line with recent positive trends.
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Signup activity stays in line with recent positive trends.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
📈 22.0K new users joined Bluesky yesterday (↗ 0.8% from previous day)
Signup activity stays in line with recent positive trends.
www.bskycheck.com
Signup activity stays in line with recent positive trends.
www.bskycheck.com
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BREAKING: sparked by a mass exodus of X users in protest of a new function that feeds images to Generative AI for other users to edit, for the first time since April 8th, Bluesky gained more than 55,000 new users in a day.
There are still 6.5 hours to go before the @bskycheck.com counter resets.
There are still 6.5 hours to go before the @bskycheck.com counter resets.
Bluesky Growth Tracker - Live User Activity Dashboard
Track Bluesky growth as it happens with our real-time dashboard. See live user sign-ups, monitor current growth rate, and explore verified domain handles across government, education, commercial and o...
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December 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
BREAKING: sparked by a mass exodus of X users in protest of a new function that feeds images to Generative AI for other users to edit, for the first time since April 8th, Bluesky gained more than 55,000 new users in a day.
There are still 6.5 hours to go before the @bskycheck.com counter resets.
There are still 6.5 hours to go before the @bskycheck.com counter resets.
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One of the few enjoyable things about the hellscape we’re living in.
December 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
One of the few enjoyable things about the hellscape we’re living in.
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People with power always turn against each other and so do criminal organizations, so this was doubly inevitable.
December 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
People with power always turn against each other and so do criminal organizations, so this was doubly inevitable.
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It’s basically an all-out battle for attention over there; that’s the main currency (that and outrage); there are no real principles or goals, just a desire for clicks and monetization
December 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
It’s basically an all-out battle for attention over there; that’s the main currency (that and outrage); there are no real principles or goals, just a desire for clicks and monetization