Jim White
@jawhite.bsky.social
Lawyer (mostly retired), pedant
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24 December 1918 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Anna Marianna Grijsaart-Reens, was born in Amsterdam.
In December 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
In December 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
December 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
24 December 1918 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Anna Marianna Grijsaart-Reens, was born in Amsterdam.
In December 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
In December 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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📖 Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
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Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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a personal favorite christmas song youtu.be/j7nGYQrq-zk?...
Ain't No Chimneys in the Projects
YouTube video by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Topic
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 11:07 PM
a personal favorite christmas song youtu.be/j7nGYQrq-zk?...
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Yes. Yes. Perfect.
December 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yes. Yes. Perfect.
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The interfaith group has repeatedly sought entry to the building but has been turned away each time. During their latest effort, they said they wanted to offer “pastoral care” to Christians detained there for the holiday.
Faith leaders denied access to pray with detainees at Broadview ICE facility on Christmas Eve
chicago.suntimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The interfaith group has repeatedly sought entry to the building but has been turned away each time. During their latest effort, they said they wanted to offer “pastoral care” to Christians detained there for the holiday.
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"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
December 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Like Amazon Prime, but with human beings."
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Our first lamé duck president
"About a third of the walls are now covered in gold — appliqués, frames or other decorations, a Times analysis showed."
A 3-D Look Inside Trump’s Revamped Oval Office (Gift Article)
Take a 3-D tour of the president’s office, where he covered more than a third of wall space with gold.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Our first lamé duck president
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This quote will be used in The Trials. And we will ask all our children to read it in school to Never Forget.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This quote will be used in The Trials. And we will ask all our children to read it in school to Never Forget.
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Now comes another fanatical Trump attack shutting down 5 wind farms, which were expected to deliver power to 2.5 million homes/businesses, and projected to create 10,000 jobs.
December 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Now comes another fanatical Trump attack shutting down 5 wind farms, which were expected to deliver power to 2.5 million homes/businesses, and projected to create 10,000 jobs.
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I am telling you that a large part of their dysfunction is that several Trump officials imagine themselves, constantly, as being in a social media sizzle reel where they display status and dominance over others. Their online personas are driving their actual behavior.
Kash Patel made the FBI buy a custom fleet of armored BMW X5 for him to ride around in. trib.al/9pBbwTB
Patel’s FBI spokesperson claimed—without evidence—that this is actually saving the American taxpayer money. The standard version of the X5 costs about $70,000.
Patel’s FBI spokesperson claimed—without evidence—that this is actually saving the American taxpayer money. The standard version of the X5 costs about $70,000.
December 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I am telling you that a large part of their dysfunction is that several Trump officials imagine themselves, constantly, as being in a social media sizzle reel where they display status and dominance over others. Their online personas are driving their actual behavior.
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
“I’m 84 years old. Threats against my life expectancy are kind of hollow. I don’t have much time anyway. I’m more concerned that our democracy is at risk because of the trends against the rule of law.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We don’t spend enough time discussing how the entire MAGA movement is kept afloat by the constant threats of stochastic terrorism orchestrated by the president of the United States.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
Congress, the courts, much of the media … all kept in line by the mob boss and his army of anonymous goons.
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Sanctimonious hypocrites Vance, Rubio, Homan will show up for Christmas mass as they terrorize immigrants in the name of their one true lord: Stephen Miller
December 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Sanctimonious hypocrites Vance, Rubio, Homan will show up for Christmas mass as they terrorize immigrants in the name of their one true lord: Stephen Miller
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Fascinating story from VA: the Confederacy on trial, with a microcosm of the national dynamic that brought us here: the George Floyd protests and racial reckoning, and the furious backlash. Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
The Confederacy Goes on Trial, Along With Schools Named Jackson and Lee
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Fascinating story from VA: the Confederacy on trial, with a microcosm of the national dynamic that brought us here: the George Floyd protests and racial reckoning, and the furious backlash. Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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fascinating new birthright citizenship research from Amanda Frost and Emily Eason — in a reconstruction period rife with eligibility challenges, nobody challenged 12 members of Congress who would fail Trump’s citizenship clause test
Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
fascinating new birthright citizenship research from Amanda Frost and Emily Eason — in a reconstruction period rife with eligibility challenges, nobody challenged 12 members of Congress who would fail Trump’s citizenship clause test
Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Happy Christmas Eve from the Santa on top of the Mohr Concrete plant in Oak Park!
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Happy Christmas Eve from the Santa on top of the Mohr Concrete plant in Oak Park!
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For most of its history SCOTUS has been fairly corrupt or otherwise partisan. It has done its best to ignore the clear meaning and intent of our most important constitutional provisions in order to serve partisanship and society’s powerful. More democratic influence on the SCOTUS should be welcomed.
December 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
For most of its history SCOTUS has been fairly corrupt or otherwise partisan. It has done its best to ignore the clear meaning and intent of our most important constitutional provisions in order to serve partisanship and society’s powerful. More democratic influence on the SCOTUS should be welcomed.
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Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
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You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to the Supreme Court
December 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to the Supreme Court
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In case people tell you that public criticism of the court doesn’t matter, here’s Brett Kavanaugh trying to walk back what he said in the ICE roving patrol case - when he blessed racial profiling & called the stops prompt.
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In case people tell you that public criticism of the court doesn’t matter, here’s Brett Kavanaugh trying to walk back what he said in the ICE roving patrol case - when he blessed racial profiling & called the stops prompt.
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
He was lambasted; @akalhan.bsky.social coined the term “Kavanaugh stops”
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1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
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bari weiss is in hot water, fielding accusations of both malice and incompetence, but it’s not too late for her to clear this whole thing up by sitting down for an honest, straightforward interview with isaac chotiner.
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
bari weiss is in hot water, fielding accusations of both malice and incompetence, but it’s not too late for her to clear this whole thing up by sitting down for an honest, straightforward interview with isaac chotiner.
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Fair play to Robbie, nailed it 👍🏻 youtu.be/9rRsjDO8Z9s?...
Everton Fans Angry At Arsenal Chants! (Robbie Reacts To Controversy)
YouTube video by AFTV
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Fair play to Robbie, nailed it 👍🏻 youtu.be/9rRsjDO8Z9s?...