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JUST IN: Karen Read's second murder trial ends with an acquittal
Karen Read's second murder trial ends with an acquittal
Read was accused of hitting her boyfriend with her car and leaving him to die in a snowstorm, but alleged she was the victim of a cover-up by his fellow officers. Her 2024 trial ended in a hung jury.
n.pr
June 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
JUST IN: Karen Read's second murder trial ends with an acquittal
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Thank fuck for the Don't Just Let Everybody Die cavalry
That idea, at least, appears to be in motion:
Independent US vaccine body is planned after RFK Jr’s mass firing of CDC advisory panel
“High level” discussions are underway to establish an independent US vaccine committee following the dismissal of 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory committee on i...
www.bmj.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Thank fuck for the Don't Just Let Everybody Die cavalry
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A federal judge shoots down Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles — noting that it was illegal from the start. Now let’s see if Trump returns control of the Guard to Newsom.
apnews.com/article/cali...
apnews.com/article/cali...
Judge says Trump illegally deployed National Guard to help with LA protests, must return control
A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order directing President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard to California.
apnews.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A federal judge shoots down Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles — noting that it was illegal from the start. Now let’s see if Trump returns control of the Guard to Newsom.
apnews.com/article/cali...
apnews.com/article/cali...
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Afterwards, Sen. Padilla framed what happened in exactly the right way:
"If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question...I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers, in Los Angeles & throughout California & the country."
"If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question...I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers, in Los Angeles & throughout California & the country."
BREAKING: SENATOR PADILLA HANDCUFFED AND THROWN TO THE GROUND AFTER BEING FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM PRESS CONFERENCE.
June 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Afterwards, Sen. Padilla framed what happened in exactly the right way:
"If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question...I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers, in Los Angeles & throughout California & the country."
"If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question...I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers, in Los Angeles & throughout California & the country."
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One incumbent GOP senator (George Allen, former VA gov and son of renowned Redskins coach of same name), lost to Dem newcomer Jim Webb in 2006 *largely* because of idiotic comment at a rally. "Macaca"—look it up.
Will "We are all going to die" be Joni Ernst's "Macaca"? We'll see.
Will "We are all going to die" be Joni Ernst's "Macaca"? We'll see.
May 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
One incumbent GOP senator (George Allen, former VA gov and son of renowned Redskins coach of same name), lost to Dem newcomer Jim Webb in 2006 *largely* because of idiotic comment at a rally. "Macaca"—look it up.
Will "We are all going to die" be Joni Ernst's "Macaca"? We'll see.
Will "We are all going to die" be Joni Ernst's "Macaca"? We'll see.
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Could we at least live in the kind of cinematic dystopia that wouldn’t have gone direct to video?
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Could we at least live in the kind of cinematic dystopia that wouldn’t have gone direct to video?
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NEW — Trump’s ICE has just arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.
Alongside residents and other officials, Baraka has been protesting outside a detention facility that’s set to help Trump’s mass deportation regime.
Alongside residents and other officials, Baraka has been protesting outside a detention facility that’s set to help Trump’s mass deportation regime.
May 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW — Trump’s ICE has just arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka.
Alongside residents and other officials, Baraka has been protesting outside a detention facility that’s set to help Trump’s mass deportation regime.
Alongside residents and other officials, Baraka has been protesting outside a detention facility that’s set to help Trump’s mass deportation regime.
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Ex parte Milligan says otherwise, Goebbels
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ex parte Milligan says otherwise, Goebbels
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1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family
On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.
popular.info
April 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
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NEW: Scientists urge Trump administration to fight threat of bird flu pandemic
Virologists from 40 countries say year-long US outbreak raises risk that virus will spread between humans
Register here to read some @financialtimes.com articles free:
www.ft.com/register
www.ft.com/content/6152...
Virologists from 40 countries say year-long US outbreak raises risk that virus will spread between humans
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Scientists urge Trump administration to fight threat of bird flu pandemic
Virologists from 40 countries say year-long US outbreak raises risk that virus will spread between humans
www.ft.com
April 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
NEW: Scientists urge Trump administration to fight threat of bird flu pandemic
Virologists from 40 countries say year-long US outbreak raises risk that virus will spread between humans
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www.ft.com/content/6152...
Virologists from 40 countries say year-long US outbreak raises risk that virus will spread between humans
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the biggest through-line with all of these people is that they are just colossal assholes in every aspect of their lives
deeply unpleasant, weird human beings who genuinely enjoy hurting and inconveniencing everyone around them
deeply unpleasant, weird human beings who genuinely enjoy hurting and inconveniencing everyone around them
Vance's Easter visit to Rome clogged its streets with a 40-vehicle entourage. He also demanded the Coliseum be closed so he and his family could tour it alone. Tourists who properly booked slots in advance got screwed.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
JD Vance and his forty 4x4s visit the Vatican during trip to Rome
The US vice-president, a self-styled ‘baby Catholic’ who was baptised in 2019, and his family met senior officials from the Catholic Church
www.thetimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
the biggest through-line with all of these people is that they are just colossal assholes in every aspect of their lives
deeply unpleasant, weird human beings who genuinely enjoy hurting and inconveniencing everyone around them
deeply unpleasant, weird human beings who genuinely enjoy hurting and inconveniencing everyone around them
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This is some straight-up Gilead shit.
It wasn't one big thing, it was a million little things.
It wasn't one big thing, it was a million little things.
A new executive order from the White House targets the Equal Credit Opportunity Act which was written to prevent sex-based credit discrimination.
Trump executive order raises alarm over women's financial independence
www.newsweek.com
April 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is some straight-up Gilead shit.
It wasn't one big thing, it was a million little things.
It wasn't one big thing, it was a million little things.
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Vance's Easter visit to Rome clogged its streets with a 40-vehicle entourage. He also demanded the Coliseum be closed so he and his family could tour it alone. Tourists who properly booked slots in advance got screwed.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
JD Vance and his forty 4x4s visit the Vatican during trip to Rome
The US vice-president, a self-styled ‘baby Catholic’ who was baptised in 2019, and his family met senior officials from the Catholic Church
www.thetimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Vance's Easter visit to Rome clogged its streets with a 40-vehicle entourage. He also demanded the Coliseum be closed so he and his family could tour it alone. Tourists who properly booked slots in advance got screwed.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
He's apparently the first to make that demand. Then he didn't bother to show up.
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BREAKING:
Here is the ACLU statement that #Maddow just reported about *3* US citizen children having been illegally deported.
One of the children has cancer and was sent away without their medication.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
Here is the ACLU statement that #Maddow just reported about *3* US citizen children having been illegally deported.
One of the children has cancer and was sent away without their medication.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
BREAKING:
Here is the ACLU statement that #Maddow just reported about *3* US citizen children having been illegally deported.
One of the children has cancer and was sent away without their medication.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
Here is the ACLU statement that #Maddow just reported about *3* US citizen children having been illegally deported.
One of the children has cancer and was sent away without their medication.
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
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This is a huge important story that has flown under the radar. More contempt, more lawlessness. More outrageousness.
Court BLOCKED deporting people to El Salvador unless they could first exercise procedural right to claim protections against torture
US government sent them anyway!
@weissmann.substack.com and I discuss the new D.V.D. case
Our full conversation: justsecurity.substack.com/p/goodman-an...
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US government sent them anyway!
@weissmann.substack.com and I discuss the new D.V.D. case
Our full conversation: justsecurity.substack.com/p/goodman-an...
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April 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This is a huge important story that has flown under the radar. More contempt, more lawlessness. More outrageousness.
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Posting this for absolutely no reason whatsoever —
Pete Hegseth in March: “Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore”
#SignalGate #SignalChat
Pete Hegseth in March: “Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore”
#SignalGate #SignalChat
April 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Posting this for absolutely no reason whatsoever —
Pete Hegseth in March: “Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore”
#SignalGate #SignalChat
Pete Hegseth in March: “Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore”
#SignalGate #SignalChat
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Btw I’m pretty sure the three DoD staffers who got fired earlier this week were the sources for this story. One wonders what other tea might be spilled in the coming week.
I’m shocked, shocked that Signalgate wasn’t a one-off for Pete Hegseth. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Hegseth Said to Have Shared Attack Details in Second Signal Chat
The defense secretary sent sensitive information about strikes in Yemen to an encrypted group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Btw I’m pretty sure the three DoD staffers who got fired earlier this week were the sources for this story. One wonders what other tea might be spilled in the coming week.
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•••••BREAKING•••••
The Supreme Court has blocked any new deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
SCOTUS is acting in response to an emergency appeal by lawyers from the ACLU.
The Court has directed the Trump regime not to remove Venezuelan immigrants held in the Bluebonnet Detention…
The Supreme Court has blocked any new deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
SCOTUS is acting in response to an emergency appeal by lawyers from the ACLU.
The Court has directed the Trump regime not to remove Venezuelan immigrants held in the Bluebonnet Detention…
April 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
•••••BREAKING•••••
The Supreme Court has blocked any new deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
SCOTUS is acting in response to an emergency appeal by lawyers from the ACLU.
The Court has directed the Trump regime not to remove Venezuelan immigrants held in the Bluebonnet Detention…
The Supreme Court has blocked any new deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
SCOTUS is acting in response to an emergency appeal by lawyers from the ACLU.
The Court has directed the Trump regime not to remove Venezuelan immigrants held in the Bluebonnet Detention…
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Let's elevate the fighters:
Van Hollen for risking his life to find Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
Booker for his 25 hr speech to expose on Trump & Musk's corruption
Schatz for blocking 300 Trump nominees
Bernie & AOC for rallying hundreds of thousands of Americans
Newsom for suing Trump over tariffs
Van Hollen for risking his life to find Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
Booker for his 25 hr speech to expose on Trump & Musk's corruption
Schatz for blocking 300 Trump nominees
Bernie & AOC for rallying hundreds of thousands of Americans
Newsom for suing Trump over tariffs
April 18, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Let's elevate the fighters:
Van Hollen for risking his life to find Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
Booker for his 25 hr speech to expose on Trump & Musk's corruption
Schatz for blocking 300 Trump nominees
Bernie & AOC for rallying hundreds of thousands of Americans
Newsom for suing Trump over tariffs
Van Hollen for risking his life to find Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
Booker for his 25 hr speech to expose on Trump & Musk's corruption
Schatz for blocking 300 Trump nominees
Bernie & AOC for rallying hundreds of thousands of Americans
Newsom for suing Trump over tariffs
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BREAKING: In a blockbuster revelation, Senator Van Hollen reveals the Trump Administration has promised to pay El Salvador $15 million, over double previous estimates, “to detain these prisoners, including the illegally abducted Kilmore.” This is illegal to do without Congress.
April 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
BREAKING: In a blockbuster revelation, Senator Van Hollen reveals the Trump Administration has promised to pay El Salvador $15 million, over double previous estimates, “to detain these prisoners, including the illegally abducted Kilmore.” This is illegal to do without Congress.
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“Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic”
But, of course that happened 😡
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
But, of course that happened 😡
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
“Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic”
But, of course that happened 😡
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
But, of course that happened 😡
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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The story keeps getting more indefensible as they peel back the onion
April 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The story keeps getting more indefensible as they peel back the onion
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🥰🗳️🇺🇸 This headline brings me life and hope: www.thebulwark.com/p/fired-gove...
Fired Govt Workers Are Pissed Off and Running for Office
Could an army of dismissed feds deliver wins for Democrats up and down the ballot?
www.thebulwark.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🥰🗳️🇺🇸 This headline brings me life and hope: www.thebulwark.com/p/fired-gove...