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former DoD civilian; language geek; blogger (pajheil.blogspot.com) about: Urban legends about Jews; Mendel Beilis blood libel trial; knitting; Biblical Hebrew and Classical Greek don't work the way you think. Card-carrying troublemaker and bitch.
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Idaho is planning to work with the U.S. Forest Service to significantly boost logging and timber sales from National Forest trees in the Gem State.
Idaho partners with US Forest Service with goal to double timber sales • Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho is planning to work with the U.S. Forest Service to significantly boost logging and timber sales from National Forest trees.
idahocapitalsun.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Idaho is planning to work with the U.S. Forest Service to significantly boost logging and timber sales from National Forest trees in the Gem State.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Duckworth: "It is a war crime. It's illegal. No matter how you put it, it's all illegal. I've been shot down behind enemy lines. Under the laws of war, you are supposed to help render aid to that individual ... you're not allowed to go back in and kill them."
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Yesterday, I held a music festival in my district to register voters and speak directly to young people who don’t usually attend political events. 4,500 tickets. Music + advocacy go hand in hand. Madsoul Festival 2025 was a success.
December 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Yesterday, I held a music festival in my district to register voters and speak directly to young people who don’t usually attend political events. 4,500 tickets. Music + advocacy go hand in hand. Madsoul Festival 2025 was a success.
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Hundreds of Texas voters flagged as potential noncitizens may have already proved their citizenship - Votebeat
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Hundreds of Texas voters flagged as potential noncitizens may have already proved their citizenship - Votebeat
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September 17, 2024.
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
September 17, 2024.
@10rowsaday.bsky.social my 5000th reason for knitting. winter. worsted weight wool socks keep my feet & ankles toasty in a bazillion possible colors. Cuts down on coughing from asthma by 2/3. Worked toe up with a closed-toe cast-on from Arne & Carlos, and a heel & gusset from Suzanne Bryan.
December 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
@10rowsaday.bsky.social my 5000th reason for knitting. winter. worsted weight wool socks keep my feet & ankles toasty in a bazillion possible colors. Cuts down on coughing from asthma by 2/3. Worked toe up with a closed-toe cast-on from Arne & Carlos, and a heel & gusset from Suzanne Bryan.
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The Witkoff plan made headlines for demanding Ukraine give up Donbas.
Less noticed: Washington would pocket half the reconstruction profits, hand Moscow a $200bn investment vehicle, and stick Europe with a $100bn bill.
Using assets Europe froze.
EU, you ok with this? Use them first.
Less noticed: Washington would pocket half the reconstruction profits, hand Moscow a $200bn investment vehicle, and stick Europe with a $100bn bill.
Using assets Europe froze.
EU, you ok with this? Use them first.
Washington tried to profit from Ukraine’s ruins. Europe, what’s your move?
The Witkoff plan revealed the game. Time to use Russia's billions.
euromaidanpress.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Witkoff plan made headlines for demanding Ukraine give up Donbas.
Less noticed: Washington would pocket half the reconstruction profits, hand Moscow a $200bn investment vehicle, and stick Europe with a $100bn bill.
Using assets Europe froze.
EU, you ok with this? Use them first.
Less noticed: Washington would pocket half the reconstruction profits, hand Moscow a $200bn investment vehicle, and stick Europe with a $100bn bill.
Using assets Europe froze.
EU, you ok with this? Use them first.
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NEWS: A judge has granted Daniel Richman’s request to temporarily block DOJ’s access to evidence taken from his electronic devices.
Richman was a key figure in the now-dismissed prosecution of former FBI director James Comey.
Order could complicate DOJ’s effort to re-indict Comey.
Richman was a key figure in the now-dismissed prosecution of former FBI director James Comey.
Order could complicate DOJ’s effort to re-indict Comey.
![tailored to preserving the status quo while this Court considers his [1] Motion for Return of
Property on an expedited basis.
III.
Accordingly, Petitioner Richman's (9] Motion for Temporary Restraining Order is
GRANTED IN PART and DEFERRED IN PART, as follows:
The United States and its agent, the Attorney General of the United States, are ORDERED to identify, segregate, and secure the image of Petitioner Richman's personal computer that was made in 2017, his Columbia University email accounts, and his iCloud account; any copies of those files; and any materials obtained, extracted, or derived from those files (collectively, "the covered materials") that are currently in the possession of the United States.
Case 1:25-mc-00170-CKK Document 10
Filed 12/06/25
Page 4 of 4
The United States and its agents, including the Attorney General of the United States, are
further ORDERED not to access the covered materials once they are identified, segregated, and
secured, or to share, disseminate, or disclose the covered materials to any person, without first
seeking and obtaining leave of this Court.
The Attorney General of the United States or her designee is further ORDERED to certify
that the United States is in compliance with this Order no later than 12:00 p.m. ET on Monday, December 8, 2025.
It is further ORDERED that Petitioner Richman's counsel shall promptly serve a copy of
this Order on the Attorney General of the United States, accompanied by copies of all papers filed in this action to date.
All other requests for relief in Petitioner Richman's (9) Motion for Temporary Restraining
Order are DEFERRED pending a response from the Govemment and further consideration by this Court.
This Order shall remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 12, 2025, or
until dissolved by further order of this Court, whichever comes first.
Finally, it is ORDERED that, no later than 9:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, December 9, 2025,
the Govemment shall file a combined response to Peti…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t4x2ruk2qmob2b2cx55h4v7r/bafkreifpknfysivu76mvp5ulcpw3l2trlz37dadehspu6sbv7b74xyivqi@jpeg)
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
NEWS: A judge has granted Daniel Richman’s request to temporarily block DOJ’s access to evidence taken from his electronic devices.
Richman was a key figure in the now-dismissed prosecution of former FBI director James Comey.
Order could complicate DOJ’s effort to re-indict Comey.
Richman was a key figure in the now-dismissed prosecution of former FBI director James Comey.
Order could complicate DOJ’s effort to re-indict Comey.
Write it Like a Fairy Tale -- I'm always coming up with things I should have said.
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Write it Like a Fairy Tale -- postscript
I was just rereading something I wrote and realized there's one tip I didn't give you. I've used it, and it will help with your word count. ...
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December 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Write it Like a Fairy Tale -- I'm always coming up with things I should have said.
pajheil.blogspot.com/2025/12/writ...
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I’ve now had multiple sources tell me the UK NHS is removing the CDC from its list of reliable sources.
Welcome to irrelevance.
Welcome to irrelevance.
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I’ve now had multiple sources tell me the UK NHS is removing the CDC from its list of reliable sources.
Welcome to irrelevance.
Welcome to irrelevance.
@cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy The US is committing war crimes and you're running a spot on your hourly garbage about real vs fake trees. shame on you. cc @kylegriffin1.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
@cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy The US is committing war crimes and you're running a spot on your hourly garbage about real vs fake trees. shame on you. cc @kylegriffin1.bsky.social
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If only American journalists had the same amount of integrity, or ANY integrity.
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If only American journalists had the same amount of integrity, or ANY integrity.
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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There are so many holes in DHS’s story it’s nuts. They say this woman was driving her boyfriend’s car, who they claim is undocumented.
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There are so many holes in DHS’s story it’s nuts. They say this woman was driving her boyfriend’s car, who they claim is undocumented.
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
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Masked ICE agent says he “doesn’t care” if he’s a citizen as he kidnaps U.S. teen.
This has got to end.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #FuckICE
This has got to end.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #FuckICE
December 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Masked ICE agent says he “doesn’t care” if he’s a citizen as he kidnaps U.S. teen.
This has got to end.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #FuckICE
This has got to end.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #Resist #FuckICE
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Welcome to my nightmares. cc @meidastouch.com @jjgreenjr.bsky.social @genmhayden.bsky.social @brma64.bsky.social @markhertling.bsky.social @malcolmnance.bsky.social
@meidastouch.com Put this together with Mike Johnson's "tell" that Putin wants US nukes, and getting the administration to commit unconstitutional acts of war and war crimes, and evaluate the possibility that Putin wants to get the US to nuke Europe. @jjgreenjr.bsky.social @genmhayden.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Welcome to my nightmares. cc @meidastouch.com @jjgreenjr.bsky.social @genmhayden.bsky.social @brma64.bsky.social @markhertling.bsky.social @malcolmnance.bsky.social
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In Los Angeles, California, a man’s father was abducted and kidnapped by ICE. While attempting to locate him using a GPS tracker in his car, they discovered that his stolen truck was being driven around by an ICE Bounty Hunter during his off-duty period from December 2nd to December 3rd.
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In Los Angeles, California, a man’s father was abducted and kidnapped by ICE. While attempting to locate him using a GPS tracker in his car, they discovered that his stolen truck was being driven around by an ICE Bounty Hunter during his off-duty period from December 2nd to December 3rd.
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“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk did the math Europe's politicians haven't.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
Arm Ukraine to win: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.
@kylegriffin1.bsky.social TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 13TH AMENDMENT ABOLISHING SLAVERY IN THE US.
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
@kylegriffin1.bsky.social TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 13TH AMENDMENT ABOLISHING SLAVERY IN THE US.
NEW | Former senior Assad regime officials are likely funding and equipping clandestine networks in Syria to conduct insurgent activity against the Syrian transitional government. www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ira...
December 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM