Peter Kohan
@peterkohan.bsky.social
Thinking of a master plan… Over-zealous Knicks fan. Spotify crate digger and lover of music.
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In less than two weeks, the Trump administration will begin to forcibly seize pay from student loan borrowers who are in default. Here's what to know.
Trump administration will start to garnish wages for defaulted student loans
The stepped-up collection effort follows several moves this year that will make things more difficult for holders of student loans.
www.axios.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In less than two weeks, the Trump administration will begin to forcibly seize pay from student loan borrowers who are in default. Here's what to know.
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NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
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Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
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"Of all the epitaphs that may one day be written on the gravestone of Western liberalism, the most damning is this: Faced off against a nihilistic, endlessly cruel manifestation of conservatism, and somehow managed to make it close." - Omar El Akkad
December 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
"Of all the epitaphs that may one day be written on the gravestone of Western liberalism, the most damning is this: Faced off against a nihilistic, endlessly cruel manifestation of conservatism, and somehow managed to make it close." - Omar El Akkad
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This is so fucking funny man. Democrats handing Republicans win after win instead of just doing shit themselves and rendering the GOP a thing of the past. Trump even floating possible rescheduling of marijuana. Dems lose every fight on purpose.
Trump on Truth Social: 'I Could Reduce Unemployment to 2% Overnight by Just Hiring People Into the Federal Government'
December 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is so fucking funny man. Democrats handing Republicans win after win instead of just doing shit themselves and rendering the GOP a thing of the past. Trump even floating possible rescheduling of marijuana. Dems lose every fight on purpose.
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"Data centers use less water than golf courses" ok get rid of those too what the fuck
December 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
"Data centers use less water than golf courses" ok get rid of those too what the fuck
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Trump just escalated his war on federal unions—stripping workers of collective bargaining rights and putting public services at risk.
As @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports for the Working People Podcast, this is an attack on both workers and the public.
As @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports for the Working People Podcast, this is an attack on both workers and the public.
Trump Escalates War on Federal Unions
The administration is stripping federal unions of collective bargaining rights, hurting workers and the American people.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Trump just escalated his war on federal unions—stripping workers of collective bargaining rights and putting public services at risk.
As @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports for the Working People Podcast, this is an attack on both workers and the public.
As @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports for the Working People Podcast, this is an attack on both workers and the public.
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Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
December 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
Hit shuffle play and enjoy. Feel free to follow.
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Outlaw/Americana
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December 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hit shuffle play and enjoy. Feel free to follow.
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LAFD report on Palisades fire was watered down, records show
Deletions and revisions in the drafts amounted to an effort to downplay the failures of city and fire department leadership.
Alene Tchekmedyian and Paul Pringle scoop
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Deletions and revisions in the drafts amounted to an effort to downplay the failures of city and fire department leadership.
Alene Tchekmedyian and Paul Pringle scoop
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Times Investigation: LAFD report on Palisades fire was watered down, records show
The deletions and revisions are likely to deepen concerns over the LAFD's ability to acknowledge its mistakes before and during its response to the blaze — and to avoid similar mistakes in the future.
www.latimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
LAFD report on Palisades fire was watered down, records show
Deletions and revisions in the drafts amounted to an effort to downplay the failures of city and fire department leadership.
Alene Tchekmedyian and Paul Pringle scoop
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Deletions and revisions in the drafts amounted to an effort to downplay the failures of city and fire department leadership.
Alene Tchekmedyian and Paul Pringle scoop
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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A state senator representing Jersey City says civilian oversight boards need to be granted investigatory powers to make real change. “My goal at the state level is to establish a clear framework that guides their work,” she said in a written statement.
New Jersey Cities Are Pressing Resistant State Officials for Civilian Police Oversight
Local officials in Newark, Jersey City, and Trenton want civilian agencies that can investigate police and issue subpoenas. But they keep running into the state’s Democratic leaders.
boltsmag.org
December 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A state senator representing Jersey City says civilian oversight boards need to be granted investigatory powers to make real change. “My goal at the state level is to establish a clear framework that guides their work,” she said in a written statement.
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BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
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We collect money for public services at tax time.
Why spend transit employee effort on a second round that just slows boarding?
Why treat transit differently from public schools, libraries or public parks?
Why spend transit employee effort on a second round that just slows boarding?
Why treat transit differently from public schools, libraries or public parks?
Zohran Mamdani explains that thousands and thousands of New Yorkers are already eligible for free and reduce public transportation, but because of the bureaucratic hurdles they never get enrolled in the program.
That's why he wants to just make the bus free.
That's why he wants to just make the bus free.
December 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
We collect money for public services at tax time.
Why spend transit employee effort on a second round that just slows boarding?
Why treat transit differently from public schools, libraries or public parks?
Why spend transit employee effort on a second round that just slows boarding?
Why treat transit differently from public schools, libraries or public parks?
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Much of SF lost power last night. Waymos blocked intersections across the city, even though they are Wayless than 1% of cars on the roads. They accumulated at their failure points--intersections with no green lights, in busy areas, and shut down traffic there.
December 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Much of SF lost power last night. Waymos blocked intersections across the city, even though they are Wayless than 1% of cars on the roads. They accumulated at their failure points--intersections with no green lights, in busy areas, and shut down traffic there.
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Always want to talk about brownies and not the recipe. Fairness is the brownie and affordability is PART of the recipe.
December 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Always want to talk about brownies and not the recipe. Fairness is the brownie and affordability is PART of the recipe.
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This is a good discussion about "affordability" between @perrybaconjr.bsky.social, @whstancil.bsky.social and @brianbeutler.bsky.social that gets into how this issue can be a trap for Democrats.
Affordability Isn’t a “Silver Bullet” for Democrats | Right Now With Perry Bacon
YouTube video by The New Republic
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December 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This is a good discussion about "affordability" between @perrybaconjr.bsky.social, @whstancil.bsky.social and @brianbeutler.bsky.social that gets into how this issue can be a trap for Democrats.
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All I will say about 'efficiency' savings, apart from them being complete BS.
Is that we never hear billionaires, MPs, Water Companies, Energy Companies or the Royal Family being forced to make them do we?
I think it's time, don't you?
Is that we never hear billionaires, MPs, Water Companies, Energy Companies or the Royal Family being forced to make them do we?
I think it's time, don't you?
December 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
All I will say about 'efficiency' savings, apart from them being complete BS.
Is that we never hear billionaires, MPs, Water Companies, Energy Companies or the Royal Family being forced to make them do we?
I think it's time, don't you?
Is that we never hear billionaires, MPs, Water Companies, Energy Companies or the Royal Family being forced to make them do we?
I think it's time, don't you?
Shorter: Gen Z Republicans are just as shitty as Republicans of other generations.
www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
Everyone Wants to Know What Gen Z Republicans Think. We Asked Them.
Twenty GOP Zoomers on Trump, Hitler, dating, racism, politics, the economy, and more
www.city-journal.org
December 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Shorter: Gen Z Republicans are just as shitty as Republicans of other generations.
www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
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“.. Either they’re going to screw it up or they’re going to withhold things. It wouldn’t surprise me,” said one lawyer ..
@cnn.com
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December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“.. Either they’re going to screw it up or they’re going to withhold things. It wouldn’t surprise me,” said one lawyer ..
@cnn.com
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NBA teams are playing their starters less often than at any time in recent years. Lots of other trends are contributing to this, but it's a notable one in and of itself.
www.lastnightinbasketball.com/how-often-ar...
www.lastnightinbasketball.com/how-often-ar...
December 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NBA teams are playing their starters less often than at any time in recent years. Lots of other trends are contributing to this, but it's a notable one in and of itself.
www.lastnightinbasketball.com/how-often-ar...
www.lastnightinbasketball.com/how-often-ar...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake.
December 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake.