cjmurrayruns
@cjmurrayruns.bsky.social
Wannabe pirate, travelin’ man, food consumer…just a regular guy who wants to keep living in a stable democracy
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JUST IN: Trump administration sues Virginia to halt in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants at @UVA etc. Doc:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#1 in United States v. Commonwealth of Virginia (E.D. Va., 3:25-cv-01067) – CourtListener.com
Complaint, filed by United States. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet)(Hambrick, Jonathan) (Entered: 12/29/2025)
storage.courtlistener.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:33 AM
JUST IN: Trump administration sues Virginia to halt in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants at @UVA etc. Doc:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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“If you’re a parent & you can watch this without crying there is something genuinely wrong with you!” If this doesn’t outrage you then idk what to call you!
These are ALL of our children! “This is a moral moment~pick a side!” Take a listen!👇🏼
#protectallofourchildren
#pinks
These are ALL of our children! “This is a moral moment~pick a side!” Take a listen!👇🏼
#protectallofourchildren
#pinks
December 31, 2025 at 1:42 AM
“If you’re a parent & you can watch this without crying there is something genuinely wrong with you!” If this doesn’t outrage you then idk what to call you!
These are ALL of our children! “This is a moral moment~pick a side!” Take a listen!👇🏼
#protectallofourchildren
#pinks
These are ALL of our children! “This is a moral moment~pick a side!” Take a listen!👇🏼
#protectallofourchildren
#pinks
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Heads up that this is authorization for Trump to create his own version of the Wagner Group. Which would bring the number of “armies” at his disposal to four:
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
S.3567
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to ...
SPONSOR: Sen. Mike Lee (R), UT
№ CO-SPONSORS: 0
STATUS: Introduced
LATEST ACTION: Senate - 2025-12-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on ...
#Republicans
Details at congress.gov
December 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Heads up that this is authorization for Trump to create his own version of the Wagner Group. Which would bring the number of “armies” at his disposal to four:
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
*regular armed forces (most regulated)
*ICE (minimally regulated)
*private mercenaries (?)
*MAGA thugs/militias (rogue)
All pardonable
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This bill passed unanimously. Let's see if they override his veto. Bet they won't.
NEW: President Trump's first veto of his second term kills a unanimous bill to fund a major drinking water project in Colorado. Trump had threatened punishment for Colorado for imprisoning his ally Tina Peters. www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
www.9news.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This bill passed unanimously. Let's see if they override his veto. Bet they won't.
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This reminds me of a favorite quote:
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This reminds me of a favorite quote:
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Abraham Lincoln
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Join the mission → hellcats.us
December 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Uniter
“We’ve fought for our freedom overseas & now we’re fighting for it…at home. WE ARE THE HELLCATS!”
@maurasullivan.bsky.social #FlipNH1
@caitfornewyork.bsky.social #FlipNY17
@mendoza4az.bsky.social #FlipAZ6
@rebeccabennettforcongress.com #FlipNJ7
#PBV #ResistanceBlue #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1
“We’ve fought for our freedom overseas & now we’re fighting for it…at home. WE ARE THE HELLCATS!”
@maurasullivan.bsky.social #FlipNH1
@caitfornewyork.bsky.social #FlipNY17
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@rebeccabennettforcongress.com #FlipNJ7
#PBV #ResistanceBlue #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1
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ICE has its own Health Services Corps, which it operates in 17 large detention centers, but an increasingly large majority of people are held in private detention centers where the healthcare is operated by contractor or subcontractor, where ICE basically just manages the insurance claims.
December 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
ICE has its own Health Services Corps, which it operates in 17 large detention centers, but an increasingly large majority of people are held in private detention centers where the healthcare is operated by contractor or subcontractor, where ICE basically just manages the insurance claims.
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Total victory on this issue; members of Congress will again have the right to conduct surprise inspections of ICE detention centers.
NEW: Judge blocks Trump administration's attempt to limit lawmakers' access to immigration jails. Advance notice no longer required & detention facilities at field offices are open to Congress. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Judge lifts Trump administration limits on lawmaker visits to ICE jails
A federal judge ruled that ICE cannot enforce newly adopted policies that require lawmakers to provide seven days notice before visiting detention facilities.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Total victory on this issue; members of Congress will again have the right to conduct surprise inspections of ICE detention centers.
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Anecdotal evidence that the indefinite "pause" on adjudication of immigration benefits for countries on the travel ban has been expanded to include the 20 countries added yesterday. On reddit, a user posted that their naturalization oath ceremony — the final step to becoming a citizen — was halted.
December 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Anecdotal evidence that the indefinite "pause" on adjudication of immigration benefits for countries on the travel ban has been expanded to include the 20 countries added yesterday. On reddit, a user posted that their naturalization oath ceremony — the final step to becoming a citizen — was halted.
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The Trump admin says it aims to file 100-200 denaturalization cases per month, a huge increase. But these cases are hard to file and win, and require a lot of DOJ resources, and the DOJ is incredibly stretched thin already. So we’ll see; I have serious doubts about their ability to do this.
What this will mean, in practice, that if you are deemed an enemy of the administration, they will pore through your citizenship application paperwork looking for some reason to retroactively disqualify you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Trump admin says it aims to file 100-200 denaturalization cases per month, a huge increase. But these cases are hard to file and win, and require a lot of DOJ resources, and the DOJ is incredibly stretched thin already. So we’ll see; I have serious doubts about their ability to do this.
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This is happening around the country and it's the new normal in immigration court — the creation of a "heads I win, tails you lose" system where the government is seeking to dismiss virtually EVERY SINGLE asylum claim through so-called "safe third country" agreements.
NEW: The Trump administration is stepping up its battle against NYC's immigrants—stopping their asylum cases and instead filing motions to send them to other countries across the world.
One Latin American woman was told this week she'd be sent to Uganda.
hellgatenyc.com/trump-asylum...
One Latin American woman was told this week she'd be sent to Uganda.
hellgatenyc.com/trump-asylum...
The Trump Administration Wants to Send NYC's Asylum Seekers to Uganda and Beyond
And other links to start your Thursday.
hellgatenyc.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is happening around the country and it's the new normal in immigration court — the creation of a "heads I win, tails you lose" system where the government is seeking to dismiss virtually EVERY SINGLE asylum claim through so-called "safe third country" agreements.
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FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
In the 90 minutes since I posted this, I've gotten two more death notifications.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
ICE has a responsibility to take care of these people, something they are clearly disregarding. This is beyond horrifying. We must ensure dignity and humanity for detained people in this country.
Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
FOUR new deaths in ICE detention. That puts the total this year at 30 people dead; the highest in ICE's history and worse than even during the COVID years.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
It's clear that the system is breaking down. Many of these are preventable deaths.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Hey hey good peeps!! This is a petition to try and protect Bristol Bay in Alaska. This is a great way to contact your US Senators and Rep to encourage them to help protect this national treasure.
Hey hey good peeps!! This is a petition to try and protect Bristol Bay in Alaska. This is a great way to contact your US Senators and Rep to encourage them to help protect this national treasure.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
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Radio transmissions reviewed by CNN show that the pilots of a private jet narrowly avoided a collision with a United States Air Force refueling tanker near Venezuela on Saturday – one day after a similar incident nearby.
Second near midair collision reported near Venezuela involving US Air Force tanker | CNN
“They were really close,” one of the pilots told controllers of the encounter at approximately 26,000 feet. “We were climbing right into him.”
www.cnn.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Radio transmissions reviewed by CNN show that the pilots of a private jet narrowly avoided a collision with a United States Air Force refueling tanker near Venezuela on Saturday – one day after a similar incident nearby.
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The whole damn majority Republican House should be taken to court for child abuse!!
December 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The whole damn majority Republican House should be taken to court for child abuse!!
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One of my favorite Christmas movies, The Bells of St. Mary. Notice the children’s pledge of allegiance is “one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all.” Remove “under God” again (added by Eisenhower in 1954), it’s divisive #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mEC1...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mEC1...
The Bells of St. Mary: No 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance
YouTube video by crooksandliars
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December 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
One of my favorite Christmas movies, The Bells of St. Mary. Notice the children’s pledge of allegiance is “one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all.” Remove “under God” again (added by Eisenhower in 1954), it’s divisive #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mEC1...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mEC1...
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on this day in 2012, 20 children and 6 adults are killed in mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. And with the awful shooting at Brown University yesterday, we still haven't done anything on meaningful national gun laws. Enough is enough.
December 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
on this day in 2012, 20 children and 6 adults are killed in mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. And with the awful shooting at Brown University yesterday, we still haven't done anything on meaningful national gun laws. Enough is enough.
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With this latest mass shooting at Brown University, this might be a good time to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by 43% - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths spiked by 239%.
It's the guns!!! :(
It's the guns!!! :(
December 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
With this latest mass shooting at Brown University, this might be a good time to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by 43% - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths spiked by 239%.
It's the guns!!! :(
It's the guns!!! :(
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This 20 year old citizen, Mobashir was tackled, brutalized & abducted by #ICE.
"I felt like I was getting assaulted. I was getting kidnapped. And that’s exactly what it was,” he said.
He poses this question: If this #ICELawlessness is happening on camera, what's happening off camera?
Speak out! 🧵
"I felt like I was getting assaulted. I was getting kidnapped. And that’s exactly what it was,” he said.
He poses this question: If this #ICELawlessness is happening on camera, what's happening off camera?
Speak out! 🧵
December 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This 20 year old citizen, Mobashir was tackled, brutalized & abducted by #ICE.
"I felt like I was getting assaulted. I was getting kidnapped. And that’s exactly what it was,” he said.
He poses this question: If this #ICELawlessness is happening on camera, what's happening off camera?
Speak out! 🧵
"I felt like I was getting assaulted. I was getting kidnapped. And that’s exactly what it was,” he said.
He poses this question: If this #ICELawlessness is happening on camera, what's happening off camera?
Speak out! 🧵
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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I think this might be why we have more mass shootings than anyone in the world. (The "red" isn't visible on the left chart because at 0.1% it is literally too small to display.)
23% of the privately owned guns in the entire world are owned by 0.1% of it.
23% of the privately owned guns in the entire world are owned by 0.1% of it.
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I think this might be why we have more mass shootings than anyone in the world. (The "red" isn't visible on the left chart because at 0.1% it is literally too small to display.)
23% of the privately owned guns in the entire world are owned by 0.1% of it.
23% of the privately owned guns in the entire world are owned by 0.1% of it.