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Liz M
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🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸 #NoKings #DangerousCoats Tragically empathic. Staunchly protective. Far from perfect. Karma. Serene Woodland Witch. Proud Democrat. LGBTQ 🌈 SLAVA UKRAINI 🇺🇦 #IAmAntiFa #FuckICE
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Reminder that the entire Hunter Biden investigation was predicated on sex workers investigation.

Now Gary Shapley, who championed that investigation by badly misrepresenting it, is in a senior IRS position.
carnage4life.bsky.social Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 2d
The “no tax on tips” rule as part of the Big Beautiful Bill doesn’t apply to pornographic content.

This means when someone with an OnlyFans files their taxes and expects their tips not to be taxed, the IRS needs to watch their content to decide if it’s porn or not. 🤦🏾‍♂️
IRS to watch OnlyFans content in 'no tax on tips' dispute
Agents from the IRS will need to watch OnlyFans content to determine if it meets the “no tax on tips law.”
www.newsweek.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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annabower.bsky.social
NEW: Emil Bove — former DOJ official turned Third Circuit judge — files declaration in ongoing contempt inquiry by Judge Boasberg re: Alien Enemies Act planes.

Bove says he isn’t authorized to disclose privileged information.
Emil Bove, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 1. I am submitting this declaration in response to the court's November 28, 2025 order. ECF No. 196. 2. On March 15, 2025, I was serving as DOJ's Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General. I left that role at DOJ in late-August 2025. DOJ has not authorized me to disclose privileged information in this declaration. 3. Beginning during the morning of March 15, 2025, and throughout that weekend, I monitored developments related to this case. 4. On the evening of March 15, 2025, I was aware of statements by the court during proceedings that day, the court's minute entries, and other public filings on the docket sheet. See, e.g., ECF No. 195 1 3. Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 199 Filed 12/08/25 Page 2 of 2 5. Based on my evaluation of those materials, I contributed to privileged legal advice provided to the Secretary of Homeland Security on March 15, 2025—by communicating with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and Acting DHS General Counsel Joseph Mazzara- regarding the transfer of custody of aliens who had been detained pursuant to the Alien Enemies Act and removed from the United States. See ECF No. 195 1 4. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated: December 5, 2025 /s/ Emil Bove Honorable Emil Bove Circuit Judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
December 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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karlbode.com
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."

fancy that
Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.
www.axios.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
The figures don't include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
lizerenity.bsky.social
Addiction doesn't die. It just waits on the sidelines for an opportunity when you're not looking.
December 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Hegseth in 2016 repeatedly warned of Trump issuing unlawful military orders | CNN Politics
In 2016, as then-presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed that US troops would carry out even his most extreme battlefield orders as commander in chief — some of which former military leaders said wo...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
HAPPENING NOW: SCOTUS hears Trump v. Slaughter on the removal of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter — a case that could upend federal agency independence.

Listen here:

www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Live Oral Argument Audio Live Oral Argument Audio
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December 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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klasfeldreports.com
Fact check: Lindsey Halligan is not and never has been US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
And got elected with SCOTUS' help.
qjurecic.bsky.social Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 22h
Incredibly galling to hear Sauer talk about how the president is accountable to the public through elections, when the president he's referring to is one who attempted to illegally overturn an election he lost
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Peter Singer compares how much DOD is spending versus how much the imagined drug cartels are spending.

www.defenseone.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Pentagon has released few details about the 23 vessels it has blown up, but one was reported to be a civilian-type 39-foot Flipper-type motorboat with four 200-horsepower engines. A new one retails on Boats.com for $400,000, but the old, open-top motorboats in the videos must cost far less. The crew of the boats have been reported as making $500 per trip. On the other side of the conflict is certainly the most expansive–and thus most expensive–military deployments in history for a counter-narcotics mission. The first task force of warships deployed to the operation, which included an Amphibious assault ship and even a nuclear powered attack submarine, cost $19.8 billion to buy. They were later joined by the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, which cost $12.9 billion to buy after $4.7 billion for research and development. Its three escorts pushed the purchase price of the Southern Spear fleet past $40 billion. This fleet is backed by at least 83 land-based aircraft that have been documented in the deployment so far, collectively worth at least $1.8 billion: ten F-35Bs ($109 million apiece), seven Reaper drones ($33 million each), three P-8 Poseidons ($145 million each), and least one AC-130J gunship ($165 million).
December 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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askaubry.com
These are the same type of dudes who think if their gfs have a male co-worker or acknowledge the male cashier she is "micro cheating".

Same controlling abuse just new labels.
no1s_p3rfect 9h Dating a modern woman today means having to accept a level of micro-cheating to maintain the relationship.. IG & Threads: @ask
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: DOJ submits threadbare declarations from DHS Sec Kristi Noem and two senior lawyers in response to Chief Judge Boasberg’s ongoing contempt inquiry.

Background: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...

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

Declarations:
Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 198-1 Filed 12/05/25 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LIYANARA SANCHEZ, as next friend on behalf of FRENGEL REYES MOTA, et al., Petitioners-Plaintiffs, J.G.G., et al., Plaintiffs, V. DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al., Respondents-Defendants. Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-00766-JEB DECLARATION OF SECRETARY NOEM I, Kristi Noem, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 1. As Secretary of Homeland Security, I made the decision to continue the transfer of custody of the Alien Enemies Act detainees who had been removed from the United States before this Court issued its temporary restraining order in the evening of March 15, 2025. 2. Before making that decision, I received privileged legal advice from the Acting General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security, Joseph N. Mazzara, and through him from the senior leadership of the Department of Justice. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 4th day of December 2025. Kristi Noem Secretary of Homeland Security Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 198-2 Filed 12/05/25 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LIYANARA SANCHEZ, as next friend on behalf of FRENGEL REYES MOTA, et al., Petitioner, V. DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al., Respondents. Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-00766-JEB DECLARATION OF JOSEPH N. MAZZARA I, Joseph N. Mazzara, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 1. I have served as Acting General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since January 2025. On March 15, 2025, I analyzed what the Court said at the TRO hearing and in its subsequent written order. After my review, I then gave Secretary Noem legal advice —prior to her decision-about the legality of continuing with the transfer of custody to El Salvador of certain terrorist aliens detained under the Alien Enemies Act. DHS had removed these terrorists from the United States before this Court issued any order (or oral statement) regarding their removal. 2. That same evening, I also gave Secretary Noem—prior to her decision legal advice on the same topic that I received from senior Department of Justice leaders. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 5th day of December 2025. Joseph N. Mazzara Aefing General Counsel Department of Homeland Security Case 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Document 198-3 Filed 12/05/25 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LIYANARA SANCHEZ, as next friend on behalf of FRENGEL REYES MOTA, et al., Petitioner, v. DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al., Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-00766-JEB Respondents. DECLARATION OF DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL BLANCHE I, Todd Blanche, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, declare under penalty of perjury as follows: I am the Deputy Attorney General of the United States. In the evening of March 15, 2025, after analyzing this Court's oral statements at the TRO hearing and subsequent written order, then-Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove and I provided privileged legal advice to the Secretary of Homeland Security, through Acting DHS General Counsel Joseph N. Mazzara, regarding the decision whether to continue the transfer of custody of the Alien Enemies Act detainees who had been removed from the United States before this Court issued those pronouncements. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this Sth day of December 2025. Your Bland Todd Blanche Deputy Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice
December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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kylec.bsky.social
Adams County Treasurer Alex Villagran (D) is ignoring calls to resign after an investigation found he was an absolute creep to female coworkers: kissing one, adjusting another's bra strap, simulating sexual thrusting at work, and detailing his sexual needs and his wife's anatomy.
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
BREAKING on MS NOW:
 
Brian Cole Jr., the suspect accused of being the Jan. 6 pipe bomber, confessed to agents that he planted the bombs and has indicated he supported President Trump, according to two people familiar with his interview.
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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notmymonkeymon.bsky.social
For those that don't know, the answer is emphatically nope.

And for at least the last decade the most infamous & egregious murders in Minnesota were committed by cops.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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NBC NEWS: Jack Smith’s final report “said that Trump ‘inspired his supporters to commit acts of physical violence’ by spreading ‘demonstrably and, in many cases, obviously false’ claims about the 2020 election.”

@ryanjreilly.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
I'm satisfied that the have PC against Brian Cole, though I think IF THIS IS ALL it is a lower standard of certainty than on most Jan6 cases.

But IF THIS IS ALL the case is going to be VERYYY susceptible to 4A challenge on the cell dumps.

www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/04/w...
What's Not Being Said about the Alleged Pipe Bomber - emptywheel
The arrest affidavit for Brian Cole, now accused of laying the pipe bombs discovered on January 6, includes only purchase records and location information. There's not a single data point between the ...
www.emptywheel.net
December 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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atrupar.com
Fox & Friends and Pam Bondi are now sensationalizing specific instances of Somalis being charged with crimes in Minnesota to demonize the whole population
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
It really hasn't gotten enough attention that FBI Director Kash Patel is paid by Shein.
December 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Look, people, there is no evidence that Senator Tom Cotton was caught pleasuring himself while watching the video of those survivors clinging to a portion of a wrecked boat until they were murdered by a second missile.

There's just no truth to that at all. Stop saying it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
They want us to be appalled, because caring about rules of war and human lives and the law all mark us out as inferior to them in their sick worldview.
chrislhayes.bsky.social Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 4d
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 4d
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
The Secretary of Defense taking extrajudicial killing requests from podcast hosts
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
REP. HIMES: “The video was enormously disturbing… the example given in the DOD manual is of shipwrecked sailors. You do not kill them.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
lizerenity.bsky.social
It would be really spectacular if everyone would flood report OAN, FOX, Bari Weiss, then any of the current " White House press corps" for bias.

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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gmf1369.bsky.social
#GVerse Anti-ICE protesters SHUT DOWN Nola City Counsil Meeting, after demanding to speak about #FuckICE in New Orleans and city collaboration. City Counsil shut down the public comment and left!
December 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM