@janeconlin.bsky.social
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Ahem. It's the job of the President to appoint DAs - with advice and consent from the Senate.
The President can ignore that rule - but only once (per district) and only for 120 days.
Do you know who appoints DAs after the 120 day mark has passed?
Pam Bondi doesn't. Because it's the judiciary.
The President can ignore that rule - but only once (per district) and only for 120 days.
Do you know who appoints DAs after the 120 day mark has passed?
Pam Bondi doesn't. Because it's the judiciary.
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ahem. It's the job of the President to appoint DAs - with advice and consent from the Senate.
The President can ignore that rule - but only once (per district) and only for 120 days.
Do you know who appoints DAs after the 120 day mark has passed?
Pam Bondi doesn't. Because it's the judiciary.
The President can ignore that rule - but only once (per district) and only for 120 days.
Do you know who appoints DAs after the 120 day mark has passed?
Pam Bondi doesn't. Because it's the judiciary.
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Kevin Ryan
@kevryanforillinois.bsky.social
@kevryanforillinois.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Kevin Ryan
@kevryanforillinois.bsky.social
@kevryanforillinois.bsky.social
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Ok…some good news in response to bad news. New Yorkers are pushing our governor hard on this:
“New York will challenge a federal judge’s ruling allowing the company tearing down the Indian Point nuclear power plant to discharge radioactive water into the Hudson River”
www.lohud.com/story/news/l...
“New York will challenge a federal judge’s ruling allowing the company tearing down the Indian Point nuclear power plant to discharge radioactive water into the Hudson River”
www.lohud.com/story/news/l...
Hochul challenges judge's decision on Indian Point, saying Hudson is a national treasure
New York will challenge a federal judge's decision overturning a state law banning Holtec from discharging radioactive water into the Hudson River.
www.lohud.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Ok…some good news in response to bad news. New Yorkers are pushing our governor hard on this:
“New York will challenge a federal judge’s ruling allowing the company tearing down the Indian Point nuclear power plant to discharge radioactive water into the Hudson River”
www.lohud.com/story/news/l...
“New York will challenge a federal judge’s ruling allowing the company tearing down the Indian Point nuclear power plant to discharge radioactive water into the Hudson River”
www.lohud.com/story/news/l...
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Good Friday! Resistance is the key.
“For the 15,000,000th time: Executive Orders are NOT Law. The President DOESN’T have the Piwer to write Legislation m”—see
@auberon.bsky.social !!!!!! Great person to follow!!
“For the 15,000,000th time: Executive Orders are NOT Law. The President DOESN’T have the Piwer to write Legislation m”—see
@auberon.bsky.social !!!!!! Great person to follow!!
a man in a suit and tie is holding a piece of paper that says i have a constitution .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a piece of paper that says i have a constitution .
media.tenor.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Good Friday! Resistance is the key.
“For the 15,000,000th time: Executive Orders are NOT Law. The President DOESN’T have the Piwer to write Legislation m”—see
@auberon.bsky.social !!!!!! Great person to follow!!
“For the 15,000,000th time: Executive Orders are NOT Law. The President DOESN’T have the Piwer to write Legislation m”—see
@auberon.bsky.social !!!!!! Great person to follow!!
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“A multi-agency operation targeting child sex predators led to the arrest of eight individuals over the last two weeks,” the department said in a release published on Friday. The release lists the names of 38-year-old Tom Artiom Alexandrovich and seven others.
Paul’s right, it’s unreal how little traction this story has gotten.
www.mediaite.com/crime/israel...
www.mediaite.com/crime/israel...
August 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“A multi-agency operation targeting child sex predators led to the arrest of eight individuals over the last two weeks,” the department said in a release published on Friday. The release lists the names of 38-year-old Tom Artiom Alexandrovich and seven others.
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If you need to cleanse your feed, here's what's going right:
🌊 3rd species of manta ray was found
⚡️ NY now the 1st state to require new buildings to be electric
👗 Italy fined Shein €1 million for misleading environmental claims
🗑️ Community win: Shannon saved 30 bags of litter from their beach
🌊 3rd species of manta ray was found
⚡️ NY now the 1st state to require new buildings to be electric
👗 Italy fined Shein €1 million for misleading environmental claims
🗑️ Community win: Shannon saved 30 bags of litter from their beach
August 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If you need to cleanse your feed, here's what's going right:
🌊 3rd species of manta ray was found
⚡️ NY now the 1st state to require new buildings to be electric
👗 Italy fined Shein €1 million for misleading environmental claims
🗑️ Community win: Shannon saved 30 bags of litter from their beach
🌊 3rd species of manta ray was found
⚡️ NY now the 1st state to require new buildings to be electric
👗 Italy fined Shein €1 million for misleading environmental claims
🗑️ Community win: Shannon saved 30 bags of litter from their beach
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This is profoundly bad. The data generated by NASA feeds research in many, MANY disciplines. I, for instance, am a historian, and my dissertation (now book project) uses satellite imagery as a major source for exploring the historical relationship between people and the environment.
NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency
NASA’s charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however.
arstechnica.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is profoundly bad. The data generated by NASA feeds research in many, MANY disciplines. I, for instance, am a historian, and my dissertation (now book project) uses satellite imagery as a major source for exploring the historical relationship between people and the environment.
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The grownup cavalry arrives.
European leaders to join Ukraine's Zelenskyy for meeting with Trump
European and NATO leaders will join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in D.C. for talks with President Donald Trump on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.
apnews.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The grownup cavalry arrives.
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"The EPA has both the authority and the responsibility to act," says @dananuccitelli.bsky.social.
"Americans cannot afford a retreat from science, law, and common sense in the face of a rapidly accelerating climate crisis.”
More about CCL's comment to EPA: citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/democra...
"Americans cannot afford a retreat from science, law, and common sense in the face of a rapidly accelerating climate crisis.”
More about CCL's comment to EPA: citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/democra...
Holding the line on climate: EPA
CCL submitted a formal comment to the EPA because the agency is misinterpreting the text and intent of climate laws passed by Congress.
citizensclimatelobby.org
August 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"The EPA has both the authority and the responsibility to act," says @dananuccitelli.bsky.social.
"Americans cannot afford a retreat from science, law, and common sense in the face of a rapidly accelerating climate crisis.”
More about CCL's comment to EPA: citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/democra...
"Americans cannot afford a retreat from science, law, and common sense in the face of a rapidly accelerating climate crisis.”
More about CCL's comment to EPA: citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/democra...
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A reindeer under the incredible Northern Lights.
Nature is amazing. Protect it.
#ActOnClimate #biodiversity
Nature is amazing. Protect it.
#ActOnClimate #biodiversity
August 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A reindeer under the incredible Northern Lights.
Nature is amazing. Protect it.
#ActOnClimate #biodiversity
Nature is amazing. Protect it.
#ActOnClimate #biodiversity
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Virginia citizen uprising:
“Their biggest concerns are the cumulative health impacts on the largely low-income and communities of color that surround the plant, which they say have already been breathing in coal dust for decades.”
virginiamercury.com/2025/08/11/c...
“Their biggest concerns are the cumulative health impacts on the largely low-income and communities of color that surround the plant, which they say have already been breathing in coal dust for decades.”
virginiamercury.com/2025/08/11/c...
Chesterfield community members sustain opposition to proposed gas plant Dominion calls necessary • Virginia Mercury
“Enough is enough,” Jason Woodby said in a crowd of Chesterfield residents at the Department of Environmental Quality’s Aug. 7 informational meeting for a new Dominion Energy gas plant air permit. The...
virginiamercury.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Virginia citizen uprising:
“Their biggest concerns are the cumulative health impacts on the largely low-income and communities of color that surround the plant, which they say have already been breathing in coal dust for decades.”
virginiamercury.com/2025/08/11/c...
“Their biggest concerns are the cumulative health impacts on the largely low-income and communities of color that surround the plant, which they say have already been breathing in coal dust for decades.”
virginiamercury.com/2025/08/11/c...
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ICYMI: @heinrich.senate.gov and I walked through exactly how the Big Beautiful-For-Billionaires Bill will raise your energy prices. Spoiler alert: renewable energy is not to blame.
Sens. Whitehouse and Heinrich Explain How the GOP Budget Bill Will Raise Your Energy Prices
YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
www.youtube.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
ICYMI: @heinrich.senate.gov and I walked through exactly how the Big Beautiful-For-Billionaires Bill will raise your energy prices. Spoiler alert: renewable energy is not to blame.
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A Georgetown colleague, Dr Badar Khan Suri, describes being kidnapped by ICE. “To this day they haven’t been able to provide an arrest warrant in court, because it doesn’t exist. They were playing from a playbook which has no rights.”
"Dr. Badar Khan Suri was returning home from a campus iftar on March 17 when masked [ICE] agents jumped out of an unmarked car and detained him outside his home. He had not been charged with any crime."
Our colleague speaks out in @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/geor...
Our colleague speaks out in @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/geor...
hammerandhope.org
July 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
A Georgetown colleague, Dr Badar Khan Suri, describes being kidnapped by ICE. “To this day they haven’t been able to provide an arrest warrant in court, because it doesn’t exist. They were playing from a playbook which has no rights.”
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Its Sam Harris so take it with grain of salt
July 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Its Sam Harris so take it with grain of salt
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Republicans don’t want you to know they’re raising your energy bills in their “big, beautiful bill.”
How Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will raise household energy costs
Analysts agree on one thing: Congress is poised to increase energy bills by hundreds of dollars per household.
grist.org
June 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Republicans don’t want you to know they’re raising your energy bills in their “big, beautiful bill.”
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A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
June 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend”
Full emails below
Full emails below
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This is a truly despicable way to treat a person who put their life and honor on the line for this country. What the fuck is wrong with these people.
An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
June 17, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is a truly despicable way to treat a person who put their life and honor on the line for this country. What the fuck is wrong with these people.
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With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.
I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
June 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
With the tragic assassination of a Minnesota Democratic leader, I’m going to underline this point again.
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Important context for coverage of Sen. Padilla's getting manhandled and cuffed today at DHS Sec Noem's press conference: Padilla is ranking member on the Senate subcommittee that oversees immigration.
June 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Important context for coverage of Sen. Padilla's getting manhandled and cuffed today at DHS Sec Noem's press conference: Padilla is ranking member on the Senate subcommittee that oversees immigration.