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Oy vey, this is ridiculous.
BREAKING: Chief Justice John Roberts issues a temporary, administrative stay blocking orders that DOGE comply with FOIA and start turning over documents to CREW.
May 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Oy vey, this is ridiculous.
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"You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?" is incredible and I want merch
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
April 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?" is incredible and I want merch
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Translation: If you complain about not receiving the benefit you depend on to survive, they will accuse you of fraud.
😱 Commerce Sec’y Lutnick (worth $2-4B): “Let’s say Social Security didn’t send out their checks…my mother-law, who’s 94, she wouldn’t call and complain…a fraudster always makes the loudest noise, screaming and yelling and complaining”
March 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Translation: If you complain about not receiving the benefit you depend on to survive, they will accuse you of fraud.
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The DOJ is arguing, on behalf of the President, that the President can scoop up anyone, put them on an airplane, and then no laws apply because no court has jurisdiction.
Whether the person is a citizen wouldn't change that because there's no point they could even tell a court they're a citizen.
Whether the person is a citizen wouldn't change that because there's no point they could even tell a court they're a citizen.
Wow. DOJ is arguing that the President has authority outside the Alien Enemies Act in international waters "that would not be subject to either orders."
Boasberg seems skeptical, asking if the president's foreign power exists only once the plane crosses into international airspace?
Boasberg seems skeptical, asking if the president's foreign power exists only once the plane crosses into international airspace?
March 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The DOJ is arguing, on behalf of the President, that the President can scoop up anyone, put them on an airplane, and then no laws apply because no court has jurisdiction.
Whether the person is a citizen wouldn't change that because there's no point they could even tell a court they're a citizen.
Whether the person is a citizen wouldn't change that because there's no point they could even tell a court they're a citizen.
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A federal court’s jurisdiction does *not* stop at the water’s edge. The question is whether the *defendants* are subject to the court order, not *where* the conduct being challenged takes place.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
March 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A federal court’s jurisdiction does *not* stop at the water’s edge. The question is whether the *defendants* are subject to the court order, not *where* the conduct being challenged takes place.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.
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The 1952 McCarran Act under which these actions are being carried out today was heavily criticized by Jewish groups (including the ADL) as being deeply inflected by antisemitic attitudes. This 1952 piece in the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle compared the McCarran Act to the Nuremberg Laws.
March 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The 1952 McCarran Act under which these actions are being carried out today was heavily criticized by Jewish groups (including the ADL) as being deeply inflected by antisemitic attitudes. This 1952 piece in the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle compared the McCarran Act to the Nuremberg Laws.
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Awful. But note this part and remember it..
March 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Awful. But note this part and remember it..
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The first item on the monthly roundup—the first!—is that every House Democrat voted against a bad bill ... that was approved without their votes. Government is collapsing, the rule of law is on fire, and your top achievement is losing a party-line vote in the House?
March 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The first item on the monthly roundup—the first!—is that every House Democrat voted against a bad bill ... that was approved without their votes. Government is collapsing, the rule of law is on fire, and your top achievement is losing a party-line vote in the House?
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::taps sign::
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: an administration (and its supporters) who believe that they are not limited by the rule of law have no moral or philosophical claim to the protection of the rule of law. “The law is whatever we say it is” warrants the same in response.
February 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
::taps sign::
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“With hindsight we did not appreciate the nature of what the administration was going to be like,” the banker says.
What a bunch of assholes.
What a bunch of assholes.
February 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“With hindsight we did not appreciate the nature of what the administration was going to be like,” the banker says.
What a bunch of assholes.
What a bunch of assholes.
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It's striking the extent to which there's never any justification given for any of this beyond "it's too many people" or "it's actually fake" and no apparent planning behind any of it. It's the aesthetics of "move fast and break things" without any discernible direction or purpose. It's cosplay.
CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
February 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It's striking the extent to which there's never any justification given for any of this beyond "it's too many people" or "it's actually fake" and no apparent planning behind any of it. It's the aesthetics of "move fast and break things" without any discernible direction or purpose. It's cosplay.
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Among the things Judge Beryl Howell ordered the government to turn over to Jason Leopold now that Trump is immune for having hoarded classified documents are damage assessments.
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February 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Among the things Judge Beryl Howell ordered the government to turn over to Jason Leopold now that Trump is immune for having hoarded classified documents are damage assessments.
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Career AUSAs confess they, um, misinformed Carl Nichols abt central dispute at hearing: whether USAID froze prospective contracts, or all of them.
Check out passive voice. SEEMS to say Marocco froze existing contracts W/O Rubio's authority to do so.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Check out passive voice. SEEMS to say Marocco froze existing contracts W/O Rubio's authority to do so.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Career AUSAs confess they, um, misinformed Carl Nichols abt central dispute at hearing: whether USAID froze prospective contracts, or all of them.
Check out passive voice. SEEMS to say Marocco froze existing contracts W/O Rubio's authority to do so.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Check out passive voice. SEEMS to say Marocco froze existing contracts W/O Rubio's authority to do so.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Pete Hegseth's DOD has decided to recruit at an NRA event rather than a Black Engineering event.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
February 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Pete Hegseth's DOD has decided to recruit at an NRA event rather than a Black Engineering event.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Important thread: Russ Vought had the expertise to avoid some of the legal challenges lawyers are making now. Elon has simply not GAFed.
What we got: Musk and his DOGEterage of "move fast and break stuff" nerds who believe that the APA and notice & comment are for beta males who don't take their ketamine/ steroid cocktails.
Maybe it works. Or maybe stuff gets tied up in court so long that it would've been faster the other way.
Maybe it works. Or maybe stuff gets tied up in court so long that it would've been faster the other way.
February 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Important thread: Russ Vought had the expertise to avoid some of the legal challenges lawyers are making now. Elon has simply not GAFed.
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"Free speech" extremist Elon Musk wanted this.
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Free speech" extremist Elon Musk wanted this.
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I will never yield a nanometer in my open contempt and disgust for the drones and useful idiots who called Musk a free speech hero.
Free speech absolutist Elon Musk calls for the firing of a journalist who revealed that one of the people Musk hired for DOGE bragged about being racist on social media
February 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I will never yield a nanometer in my open contempt and disgust for the drones and useful idiots who called Musk a free speech hero.
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Trump administration disbands task force targeting Russian oligarchs
Trump administration disbands task force targeting Russian oligarchs
The U.S. Justice Department under President Donald Trump is disbanding an effort started after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine to enforce sanctions and target oligarchs close to the Kremlin.
www.reuters.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Trump administration disbands task force targeting Russian oligarchs
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Look, I’m not the CIA’s biggest fan, but can we not describe the ONGOING FUCKING COUP as a “makeover”
Hey it turns out we're getting rid of the CIA.
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
"The Central Intelligence Agency offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday, in what officials said is a bid to bring the agency in line with President Trump’s priorities, including targeting drug cartels."
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
February 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Depr.management
February 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.
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So on this question of “doxing” of Musk gizmocrats, I was talking to staffers to today detailing one of the gizmocrats who is largely on his own rewriting the code base of one of the US governments most mission critical computer systems. And as it was described to me the staff programmers …
February 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
So on this question of “doxing” of Musk gizmocrats, I was talking to staffers to today detailing one of the gizmocrats who is largely on his own rewriting the code base of one of the US governments most mission critical computer systems. And as it was described to me the staff programmers …
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3/ in addition to all the other absurdity of the situation as they try to help or beg “Fred” to be careful they’re don’t even know who “Fred” actually is, as in a last name, or whether “Fred” is even his name. That’s what happening right now in your federal government.
February 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
3/ in addition to all the other absurdity of the situation as they try to help or beg “Fred” to be careful they’re don’t even know who “Fred” actually is, as in a last name, or whether “Fred” is even his name. That’s what happening right now in your federal government.