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"Trump will just defy court orders, what's even the point of litigating"
This, this a point
This, this a point
PHILIPSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Kilmar Abrego Garcia leaves immigration detention after federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
December 12, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"Trump will just defy court orders, what's even the point of litigating"
This, this a point
This, this a point
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from "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy" by Ray D. Madoff
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
from "The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy" by Ray D. Madoff
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Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
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"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
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"It's a new day, it's a new administration, and everything's going to come out to the public"
Attorney General Pam Bondi, who oversees the Justice Department, to Sean Hannity, March 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi, who oversees the Justice Department, to Sean Hannity, March 2025
The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to keep secret the names of two associates of Jeffrey Epstein who received $100,000 and $250,000 from him in 2018, NBC reports.
September 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"It's a new day, it's a new administration, and everything's going to come out to the public"
Attorney General Pam Bondi, who oversees the Justice Department, to Sean Hannity, March 2025
Attorney General Pam Bondi, who oversees the Justice Department, to Sean Hannity, March 2025
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I've read and coded every War Powers Report ever sent to Congress (check them all out, with interactive graphics and a searchable database 👇), and this one on #Trump's attack on an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean stands out. I'll explain below:
warpowers.lawandsecurity.org
warpowers.lawandsecurity.org
War Powers Resolution Reporting Project
A living resource on presidential reporting practice and the use of U.S. armed forces abroad.
warpowers.lawandsecurity.org
September 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I've read and coded every War Powers Report ever sent to Congress (check them all out, with interactive graphics and a searchable database 👇), and this one on #Trump's attack on an alleged drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean stands out. I'll explain below:
warpowers.lawandsecurity.org
warpowers.lawandsecurity.org
"Building local networks of support, learning to rely on those who are different from us — in direct defiance of the forces intent on dividing us — is the exact kind of infrastructure we need to defeat fascism."
"What began as a modest effort by a few members of a small congregation to reach out to migrants would evolve into a deep experiment in solidarity..."
our new issue of @hammerandhope.bsky.social is out! today I want to highlight this article by Benji Hart
hammerandhope.org/article/chic...
our new issue of @hammerandhope.bsky.social is out! today I want to highlight this article by Benji Hart
hammerandhope.org/article/chic...
Venezuelan Migrants, a Black Church, and an Experiment in Solidarity
A pastor in Chicago helps build a coalition that aids recent arrivals by asking them what they need.
hammerandhope.org
August 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Building local networks of support, learning to rely on those who are different from us — in direct defiance of the forces intent on dividing us — is the exact kind of infrastructure we need to defeat fascism."
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The propagandists running the @DHSgov account are deliberately pushing thinly-veiled neo-Nazi material through the official communications channels of the U.S. government. Their goal is stirring outrage (to which they will express fake outrage) and signaling to their followers where they're going.
DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.
August 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The propagandists running the @DHSgov account are deliberately pushing thinly-veiled neo-Nazi material through the official communications channels of the U.S. government. Their goal is stirring outrage (to which they will express fake outrage) and signaling to their followers where they're going.
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Ethnic cleansing www.euronews.com/2025/08/12/i...
Israel in talks to resettle Palestinians from Gaza in South Sudan
Egypt is deeply opposed to plans to transfer Palestinians out of Gaza, with which it shares a border, fearing an influx of refugees into its own territory.
www.euronews.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ethnic cleansing www.euronews.com/2025/08/12/i...
"The party that claims to defend democracy is systematically deceiving the very people who believe in it most." @adambonica.bsky.social
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
data4democracy.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"The party that claims to defend democracy is systematically deceiving the very people who believe in it most." @adambonica.bsky.social
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...
data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-mother...
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Paul Ingrassia—a 30-year-old former right-wing blogger and newly minted lawyer who was admitted to the bar in 2024—is Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel.
Ingrassia has called Jack Smith a “disgusting man,” accused him of “election interference,” and said he should be jailed.
Ingrassia has called Jack Smith a “disgusting man,” accused him of “election interference,” and said he should be jailed.
August 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Paul Ingrassia—a 30-year-old former right-wing blogger and newly minted lawyer who was admitted to the bar in 2024—is Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel.
Ingrassia has called Jack Smith a “disgusting man,” accused him of “election interference,” and said he should be jailed.
Ingrassia has called Jack Smith a “disgusting man,” accused him of “election interference,” and said he should be jailed.
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Aid groups report that Israel is refusing to allow any olives or other “fruits or vegetables with pits or seeds that could be planted” into Gaza. They will only allow in pitted olives.
Israel’s new measures do nothing to stop the starvation crisis in Gaza, say aid workers
Humanitarian workers say airdrops and corridors to allow trucks into region have done little to stop the rising death toll
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Aid groups report that Israel is refusing to allow any olives or other “fruits or vegetables with pits or seeds that could be planted” into Gaza. They will only allow in pitted olives.
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New — I wrote about Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and his harrowing stories of what he witnessed while being there under the guise of distributing food aid to starving Palestinian civilians:
The Green Beret of Gaza
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation contractor Anthony Aguilar describes witnessing war crimes.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
New — I wrote about Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Aguilar, a former contractor for the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, and his harrowing stories of what he witnessed while being there under the guise of distributing food aid to starving Palestinian civilians:
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doesn't make the headline for some reason but the Trump administration confirmed on the record that they are running an explicitly whites only refugee program, if you're wondering how things are going in the year 2025
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans reut.rs/3H6mYnH
Exclusive: US diplomats asked if non-whites qualify for Trump refugee program for South Africans
In early July, the top official at the U.S. embassy in South Africa reached out to Washington asking for clarification on a contentious U.S. policy: could non-whites apply for a refugee program geared toward white South Africans if they met other requirements?
reut.rs
July 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
doesn't make the headline for some reason but the Trump administration confirmed on the record that they are running an explicitly whites only refugee program, if you're wondering how things are going in the year 2025
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Capriglione authored Texas' "trigger" law that effectively banned abortion after Dobbs, and now leads the state's spinoff of Elon Musk's DOGE.
An exotic dancer accuses Texas House Republican Giovanni Capriglione of a 17-year affair during which paid for several abortions and left her cash behind a Chuck E Cheese. Capriglione denies the abortions but abruptly announced his retirement as rumors of the coming story spread across the Capitol.
Texas GOP Rep. Giovanni Capriglione admits affair, denies abortion allegations
A conservative news site published an interview with a woman who alleges a 17-year affair with the Southlake representative, who said this week he wouldn’t seek reelection.
www.texastribune.org
July 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Capriglione authored Texas' "trigger" law that effectively banned abortion after Dobbs, and now leads the state's spinoff of Elon Musk's DOGE.
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“Starvation forces the body to consume its own muscle and organs for energy...
It also destroys communities by turning people against each other in their desperation for food and forcing them to do shameful, humiliating or violent things to survive.”
It also destroys communities by turning people against each other in their desperation for food and forcing them to do shameful, humiliating or violent things to survive.”
Starvation in Gaza is destroying communities – and will leave generational scars
Health and societal ramifications of extreme hunger will reverberate long after the war is over
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“Starvation forces the body to consume its own muscle and organs for energy...
It also destroys communities by turning people against each other in their desperation for food and forcing them to do shameful, humiliating or violent things to survive.”
It also destroys communities by turning people against each other in their desperation for food and forcing them to do shameful, humiliating or violent things to survive.”
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I'm old enough to remember when the prevailing argument against affirmative action was that it failed to consider the "real" form of unfairness, which was income disparity
July 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I'm old enough to remember when the prevailing argument against affirmative action was that it failed to consider the "real" form of unfairness, which was income disparity
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I have no words. Everyone prepared for the constitutional crisis of the President defying the SCOTUS. The crisis is the SCOTUS being fully aligned with Trump’s vision of presidential power. So here we are.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I have no words. Everyone prepared for the constitutional crisis of the President defying the SCOTUS. The crisis is the SCOTUS being fully aligned with Trump’s vision of presidential power. So here we are.
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Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
Here we go again: Over an acerbic dissenting opinion by Justice Sotomayor (joined in full by Justices Kagan and Jackson), #SCOTUS, with no explanation, grants a stay in the Department of Education RIFs case—effectively clearing the way for the Trump administration to dismantle much of the agency:
www.supremecourt.gov
July 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Since April 4, #SCOTUS has issued 15 rulings on 17 emergency applications filed by Trump (three birthright citizenship apps were consolidated).
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
It has granted relief to Trump ... in all 15 rulings.
It has written majority opinions in only 3.
Today's order is the 7th with no explanation *at all.*
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According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
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798 people have been murdered at 'aid' sites in Gaza in just six weeks.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
July 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
798 people have been murdered at 'aid' sites in Gaza in just six weeks.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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We're going to need Nuremberg trials when this is over, yes, and to send a significant number of people currently in the federal government to prison. But we're going to need an unwavering commitment to ostracizing the supporters of it, as well. Never accept them again in polite society.
“In Cell 15, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia and 20 other Salvadorans were forced to kneel from approximately 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM, with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion. During this time, Plaintiff Abrego Garcia was denied bathroom access and soiled himself…”
July 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We're going to need Nuremberg trials when this is over, yes, and to send a significant number of people currently in the federal government to prison. But we're going to need an unwavering commitment to ostracizing the supporters of it, as well. Never accept them again in polite society.
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If the bill passes this week, it will give ICE enough money to become, by 2029, the nation's largest federal interior law enforcement agency with enough funding to become the nation's largest jailer.
With ICE poised to receive a massive infusion of cash courtesy the Republican spending bill, I figured it was worth documenting what they've been doing with the money they've currently got. Gift link: wapo.st/4lv53Wh
Opinion | This is what ICE is doing with the tax dollars you already provide it
Immigration and Customs Enforcement stands to see a sharp increase in its funding under the Republican budget bill.
wapo.st
June 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
If the bill passes this week, it will give ICE enough money to become, by 2029, the nation's largest federal interior law enforcement agency with enough funding to become the nation's largest jailer.