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commonphoole.bsky.social

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Approaching your last chance to get into Bitcoin before it crashes!

December 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM

commonphoole.bsky.social

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Parkermolly.com NFL+

November 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM

commonphoole.bsky.social

@commonphoole.bsky.social

One reason I am not impressed with AI.

November 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM

commonphoole.bsky.social

@commonphoole.bsky.social

I wonder who won?

November 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM

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Asha Rangappa

@asharangappa.bsky.social

Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.

November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM

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Radley Balko

@radleybalko.bsky.social

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...

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

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emptywheel

@emptywheel.bsky.social

Here's the dismissal opinion in the Dana Briggs case. Everyone should read it.

Among other things it describes that none of the very celebrated (by DHS) arrests on September survived.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

2) With today’s dismissal of the Briggs criminal information, none of these cases remains
pending today – all have been dismissed.
3) As the docket entries reflect in all five of the cases, the undersigned magistrate judge
obtained a sworn statement from the affiants in each affidavit, at the time of complaint
issuance, that not only were the affidavit allegations true, but that video evidence of the
encounters existed, that the affiants had reviewed the video evidence, and that the video
evidence corroborated the version of events set forth in the affidavits. Mazur (D.E. 11);
Collins/Robledo (D.E. 26); Ivery (D.E. 13); and Briggs (D.E. 14). Yet:
a. In Mazur, the government promptly dismissed the misdemeanor criminal complaint
upon its disclosure that after the arrest, the government reviewed additional bodyworn camera footage of the encounter and then decided to drop the charges on
October 7, 2025. Mazur (D.E. 11). As this case was charged as a misdemeanor, it
appears not to have been presented to a federal grand jury.
b. In Collins/Robledo, the government promptly dismissed the felony complaint on
October 8, 2025, upon its disclosure that on October 7, the federal grand jury
returned a “no bill” against these persons and thus refused to indict them on the
felony Section 111 charge. Collins/Robledo (D.E. 26). During the dismissal
hearing, the prosecutor referred to a third recent “no bill” case that was not
identified further on the record.
c. In Ivery, the government promptly dismissed the felony complaint on October 9,
2025, stating a basis on the record that had to do with Mr. Ivery’s medical or mental

November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM

commonphoole.bsky.social

@commonphoole.bsky.social

Went to see Robert Plant last night enjoyed it a lot.

Robert Plant on stage at Moore Theater in Seattle

November 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM

commonphoole.bsky.social

@commonphoole.bsky.social

I like Sam Darnold and would buy a 14 jersey if I didn't already have one. Here comes the duct tape.

November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM

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Cindy 🇺🇦 🐾🐪 🌻🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈

@cindyjasper.bsky.social

Didn’t he already instruct DOJ to remove his name from all Jan 6 investigations?

He has a history of abusing his office to remove evidence of his involvement.

Lock the slimy bastard up already.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16d

Trump: "House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide."

As I said on Friday night aboard Air Force One to the Fake News Media, House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent Victory on the Democrat “Shutdown.” The Department of Justice has already turned over tens of thousands of pages to the Public on “Epstein,” are looking at various Democrat operatives (Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, etc.) and their relationship to Epstein, and the House Oversight Committee can have whatever they are legally entitled to, I DON’T CARE! All I do care about is that Republicans get BACK ON POINT, which is the Economy, “Affordability” (where we are winning BIG!), our Victory on reducing Inflation from the highest level in History to practically nothing, bringing down prices for the American People, delivering Historic Tax Cuts, gaining Trillions of Dollars of Investment into America (A RECORD!), the rebuilding of our Military, securing our Border, deporting Criminal Illegal Aliens, ending Men in Women’s Sports, stopping Transgender for Everyone, and so much more! Nobody cared about Jeffrey Epstein when he was alive and, if the Democrats had anything, they would have released it before our Landslide Election Victory. Some “members” of the Republican Party are being “used,” and we can’t let that happen. Let’s start talking about the Republican Party’s Record Setting Achievements, and not fall into the Epstein “TRAP,” which is actually a curse on the Democrats, not us. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

November 17, 2025 at 3:05 AM

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Denny Carter

@dennycarter.bsky.social

Richest nation in human history

In New Jersey, a single mother struggled to figure out how to feed her two young sons with $50.
In Oklahoma, a 61-year-old woman questioned whether driving to a food pantry was worth the gas money.
And in Colorado, a woman grabbed food from a Walmart dumpster.

November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM

commonphoole.bsky.social

@commonphoole.bsky.social

I want my law license back so I could go around indicating Trump's cronies on the hope that I will be retroactively appointed District Attorney.

November 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM

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coalminephoenix.bsky.social

@coalminephoenix.bsky.social

I think this explains why they are so worried about the masking and doxing, versus the pretext of “attacks on agents”. They may be aware of criminal and abusive backgrounds, or aware they have no process to screen such people out.

October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM

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Ryan Goodman

@rgoodlaw.bsky.social

2/2 Judge Smith's Order from today:

"Defendants’ new condition is not a good faith effort to comply with the order."

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

(h/t @kyledcheney.bsky.social)

October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM

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emptywheel

@emptywheel.bsky.social

One of my earliest smart political instincts was that Enron must be about to go bust bc of all the donations they were dropping.

This time around, I look at David Sacks, he of the SVB run followed by the bailout, and understand that the INSTALLED the bailout inside the [White] House.

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · Oct 14

Everyone agrees that we're currently in a dotcom era-like AI bubble. People disagree what sort of bubble it is.

There are 3 stories one can tell about the dotcom crash: a startup story, a telecom story, and an accounting fraud story.

My take: it's giving Enron
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

It's Giving Enron

On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash

open.substack.com

October 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM

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Chris Murphy

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM

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Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

Today in "DOJ gets dinged by a federal court," the DC Circuit just denied DOJ's unopposed motion to reschedule the Nov. 24 oral argument in the AP access case b/c DOJ ignored the DC Circuit rules, under which DOJ should have informed the court about availability issues in July or early August.

ORAL ARGUMENT SCHEDULED NOVEMBER 24, 2025
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
TAYLOR BUDOWICH, et al.,
Defendants-Appellants.
No. 25-5109
UNOPPOSED MOTION TO RESCHEDULE ORAL ARGUMENT
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(b) and D.C.
Circuit Rule 34(g), the government respectfully requests that the Court
reschedule oral argument to avoid a conflict with government counsel's
pre-existing international travel plans. Plaintiff does not oppose the
motion, and the parties are available on any of the following alternative
dates: (1) November 10 or 14; (2) November 17, 18, or 19; (3) December
3, 4, or 5; or (4) December 8, 9, 10, or 11.

USCA Case #25-5109
Document #2137523
Filed: 09/29/2025
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
Page 1 of 1
No. 25-5109
September Term, 2025
1:25-cv-00532-TNM
Filed On: September 29, 2025 [2137523]
Associated Press,
Appellee
V.
Taylor Budowich, in his official capacity as White House Deputy Chief of Staff, et al.,
Appellants
ORDER
Upon consideration of the government's unopposed motion to reschedule oral argument, it is
ORDERED that the motion be denied. This case remains scheduled for oral argument on November 24, 2025.
Arguing counsel are reminded of their obligation to promptly notify the court of any dates of unavailability to appear for oral argument. The notice should be filed as soon as possible after the briefing schedule issues and updated if a potential scheduling conflict arises later, or if there is any change in availability. See D.C. Circuit Handbook of Practice and Internal Procedures as 49 (2011).
Per Curiam
FOR THE COURT:
Clifton B. Cislak, Clerk
BY: /s/
Michael C. McGrail
Deputy Clerk

ORAL ARGUMENT
A. NOTIFICATION
(See Fed. R. App. P. 34(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(c).)
The Clerk's Office ordinarily gives notice of the date for oral argument after the briefs have been filed.
Generally, the members of the panel of judges who will hear the case are not named in the order setting the date for oral argument. The composition of the merits panel will be posted on the Court's website, usually 30 days before the date of oral argument, and will not be disclosed before that time.
The Clerk's Office does not confer with counsel regarding availability before the calendaring order is released but will take into account any scheduling conflicts identified by arguing counsel. See supra Part X.D. The calendaring order will contain an electronic link to Form 71 - a memorandum that provides important information on the requirements and logistics for oral argument. Subsequently, in the order allocating the amount of argument time, there will be an electronic link to Form 72, which counsel must complete and file no less than 7 days before oral argument, giving the name of the attorney or attorneys who will present the argument to the Court.
B. POSTPONEMENTS
(See Fed. R. App. P. 34(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(g).)
Once a case has been calendared, the Clerk's Office cannot change the argument date, and the Court will not ordinarily reschedule it. Any request to reschedule must be made by motion, which will be presented
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to a panel of the Court for disposition. The Court disfavors motions to postpone oral argument and will grant them only upon a showing of "extraordinary cause." Unless the panel that grants a motion to postpone argument is prepared to retain the case and hear it outside its normal sitting period, the case will have to be rescheduled for the first available date on the calendar - possibly months later than the original date.
Accordingly, it is in counsel's interest to avoid seeking to postpone argument.

D. SCHEDULING CASES FOR ARGUMENT
Most appeals screened by the Legal Division are classified as "Regular Merits" cases. Normally, the Clerk's Office sets a briefing schedule in these cases after all pending motions have been resolved.
Thereafter, the parties are notified by separate order of the date and time of oral argument. Scheduling is done by a computer program, which automatically checks for known recusals and makes certain that the case mix both for a specific date and for that week's sitting is acceptable. As a general rule, once they become ready, cases are calendared in order of age, with the oldest cases set first.
Typically, the argument date will be a minimum of 45 days after briefing is completed. Arguing counsel should advise the Clerk's Office by letter, filed electronically, of any dates counsel will be unavailable to appear for oral argument. The notification should be filed as soon as possible and updated if a potential scheduling conflict later arises or if there is any change in availability. To the extent possible, the Clerk's Office will endeavor to schedule oral argument to avoid conflicts that have been brought to the Court's attention in advance. Counsel will not be notified of the argument date until it is established by Court order.
See infra Part XI. A. Notification, B. Postponements.

September 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM

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David Noll

@david.noll.org

Ladies and gentlemen, the meritocracy

Ms. Halligan, who took over on Monday after her predecessor quit rather than prosecute James B. Comey with what he believed was insufficient evidence, had a little trouble with the first two tasks. At one point, she entered the wrong courtroom. When she found the right one, she stood on the wrong side of the judge, then appeared confused about the paperwork she just had signed.

September 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM

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Hawkeye8

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September 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM

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Judd Legum

@juddlegum.bsky.social

Is this supposed to be a threat? They did this exact thing while the government was open

September 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM

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Jon Cooper

@joncooper-us.bsky.social

🎃🎃

September 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM

commonphoole.bsky.social

@commonphoole.bsky.social

Epstein is more than the rape of 1,000 girls. Epstein sold Illegal tax shelters based on the taxation of the American Virgin Islands he owned. This was serious money.
The Virgin Islands provision included in the House bill would have cost $883 million.