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Pam Bondi's DOJ is saying they have the right to fire an immigration judge based on her sex and ethnicity if that's what they want to do. This is her boldest statement of official racism yet. ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
The Justice Department’s rollback of disparate impact is just one new policy that makes it harder for people of color to challenge illegal discrimination.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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AI consumed as much water as the water bottle industry this year.

It also created as much carbon pollution as New York City, according to a new study.

www.theverge.com/news/845831/...
AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025
It’s guzzling up even more water than expected.
www.theverge.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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A former immigration judge alleged to DOJ that Trump fired her bc of her sex & national origin

DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II

this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate

ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
The Justice Department’s rollback of disparate impact is just one new policy that makes it harder for people of color to challenge illegal discrimination.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Remind everyone: Republicans made tax breaks for billionaires permanent. Permanent! They exploded the national debt by trillions to do it.
 
But saving health care for a few years? Republicans say that's too expensive.
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I am losing my mind

DO ANY OF THESE JOURNALISTS KNOW THAT VENEZUELA IS NOT ON THE PACIFIC

THAT THE CARIBBEAN SEA DOES NOT TOUCH THE PACIFIC

THAT IN FACT THIS IS WHAT THE PANAMA CANAL WAS BUILT FOR

WTF IS THE EASTERN PACIFIC

PLEASE LOOK AT A MAP
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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In a new comic, Liana Finck writes about rediscovering the joys of William Steig as a parent. Read it here: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Ose0u5
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”

Lawless.
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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December 14, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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OpenAI will spend $6 billion on stock-based compensation this year, half of its revenue: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...
December 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Today, I spoke with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer. In April, when I met with him in El Salvador, Trump said he would never set foot in the U.S. again.

This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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The real lesson of Christmas is that if God had wanted to win over working-class Judeans, he should have sent down a less divisive Messiah.
December 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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[tapping earpiece] I'm just now getting a startling revelation about the shocking thing in common between those who work forces and those who burn crosses
December 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves

Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars

Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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He killed centrist Pope and Woke Pope took his place. JD is like The Cooler but for the GOP agenda
They sent JD Vance to Indiana and they were like never do that to us again
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing

BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?

GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now

THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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"The U.S. government can seize boats, sailors, and cargo without killing anyone. The military is able to support law enforcement in such efforts. Steps can be taken to ensure such efforts are legal...The administration has chosen to do none of these things."

open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Caribbean Killings Were Unnecessary. Trump Just Proved It.
If we can seize an oil tanker, why did eighty people have to die?
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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I don’t write the headlines but I do like this one (post-Slaughter argument roundtable for @nytimes.com with @stevevladeck.bsky.social & @williambaude.bsky.social)

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...
Opinion | Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Every “lesson” learned in the lead-up to and wake of the George Floyd protests are being rejected with flourish.
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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In the hearing on the Slaughter case, Justice Sotomayor noted that “Neither King, not parliament, not prime ministers ever had an unqualified removal power” but that is what unitary executive would grant.
Bears repeating how novel and radical this theory is:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/at-will-wh...
December 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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The Take Care Clause was a byproduct of the lessons learned from the Glorious Revolution that the executive should not be able to dispense with the law promulgated by the legislature. It was not a constitutional provision to empower the executive branch— but to constrain it!
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"The woman, a U.S. citizen who was born in Edina Minnesota, was zip-tied when she was detained near Nicollet Mall..."

www.fox9.com/news/u-s-cit...
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir and other members of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party wore golden noose-shaped pins to a Knesset National Security Committee meeting to discuss a bill to execute Palestinian detainees.
December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM