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The Supreme Court unanimously revived a lawsuit from a pair of Atlanta residents seeking to hold the federal government accountable after FBI agents mistakenly battered down their front door and held them at gunpoint during a predawn raid of the wrong house.
Supreme Court revives lawsuit over FBI raid of the wrong house
Lower courts had dismissed the case brought by Hilliard Toi Cliatt and Curtrina Martin, whose home in Atlanta was wrongly raided by the FBI.
wapo.st
June 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The Supreme Court unanimously revived a lawsuit from a pair of Atlanta residents seeking to hold the federal government accountable after FBI agents mistakenly battered down their front door and held them at gunpoint during a predawn raid of the wrong house.
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Padilla: “We will hold this administration accountable”
June 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Padilla: “We will hold this administration accountable”
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House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.
House Dems demand testimony from Noem after Padilla handcuffed in LA
“If it can happen to Alex, it can happen to ... anybody,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez said.
www.politico.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.
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A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
Sen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie
Forcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide.
www.motherjones.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
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BREAKING: MeidasTouch, the nation’s top independent pro-democracy media network, is proud to announce that attorney and renowned legal analyst Katie Phang has launched a brand-new YouTube channel in partnership with MeidasTouch.
Subscribe now: youtube.com/@katiephangnews
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May 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BREAKING: MeidasTouch, the nation’s top independent pro-democracy media network, is proud to announce that attorney and renowned legal analyst Katie Phang has launched a brand-new YouTube channel in partnership with MeidasTouch.
Subscribe now: youtube.com/@katiephangnews
Subscribe now: youtube.com/@katiephangnews
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Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba:
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
May 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba:
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
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REPORTER: Is the president okay with this bill adding to the deficit?
LEAVITT: This bill does not add to the deficit
LEAVITT: This bill does not add to the deficit
May 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
REPORTER: Is the president okay with this bill adding to the deficit?
LEAVITT: This bill does not add to the deficit
LEAVITT: This bill does not add to the deficit
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Welcome, @katiephang.bsky.social!
Katie Phang: And now that my time here at MSNBC comes to a close, I am taking that fight back to a familiar place… I hope you'll follow along with me as I continue to meet you where you are at places like Substack and YouTube with fellow truth tellers like MeidasTouch…
April 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Welcome, @katiephang.bsky.social!
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Wearing a bright blue suit, texting, and then sleeping at Pope Francis’s funeral. What an embarrassing mess.
April 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Wearing a bright blue suit, texting, and then sleeping at Pope Francis’s funeral. What an embarrassing mess.
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Everyone’s gonna be wide awake at his funeral. If only because they’ll play Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration” at full volume.
April 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Everyone’s gonna be wide awake at his funeral. If only because they’ll play Kool & The Gang’s “Celebration” at full volume.
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OMG! I've been asked to be a part of the Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Sat, Apr 26 @ 9 PM ET, presented by Political Voices Network! Join us for fearless comedy that rips into media spin. Tickets are $20.26, live or on demand, at meethook.live/not. #FreeSpeech #NotTheWHCD
April 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
OMG! I've been asked to be a part of the Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Sat, Apr 26 @ 9 PM ET, presented by Political Voices Network! Join us for fearless comedy that rips into media spin. Tickets are $20.26, live or on demand, at meethook.live/not. #FreeSpeech #NotTheWHCD
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Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.
April 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.
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New surveillance video shows the woman who was able to sneak onto a New York-to-Paris flight without a boarding pass late last year slipping by two gate agents who were checking boarding passes.
Surveillance video shows New York-to-Paris flight stowaway slipping past gate agents
The video shows Svetlana Dali slipping by two gate agents who were checking boarding passes and strolling onto an airbridge with a group of other passengers.
nbcnews.to
April 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
New surveillance video shows the woman who was able to sneak onto a New York-to-Paris flight without a boarding pass late last year slipping by two gate agents who were checking boarding passes.
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My daughter just FaceTimed me to show me her graduation robe and her stole and the cords from her many activities and she thinks I’m a big simp because I had to fight back some tears looking at it
April 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
My daughter just FaceTimed me to show me her graduation robe and her stole and the cords from her many activities and she thinks I’m a big simp because I had to fight back some tears looking at it
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THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT.
sincerely,
a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination
sincerely,
a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination
April 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT.
sincerely,
a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination
sincerely,
a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination
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Hegseth is too busy flying around doing push-up photo ops and repeating “warfighting” and “lethality” a thousand times to have time for all this other stuff. He’s maxed out his ability doing that.
April 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hegseth is too busy flying around doing push-up photo ops and repeating “warfighting” and “lethality” a thousand times to have time for all this other stuff. He’s maxed out his ability doing that.
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THIS IS WILD‼️
Florida got $67M from a Medicaid fraud settlement. Instead of using it for actual health care, Casey DeSantis funneled $10M to a “charity” she controls. That “charity” passed it to anti-abortion and anti-marijuana groups—who then helped fund GOP campaigns. Both measures lost!
Florida got $67M from a Medicaid fraud settlement. Instead of using it for actual health care, Casey DeSantis funneled $10M to a “charity” she controls. That “charity” passed it to anti-abortion and anti-marijuana groups—who then helped fund GOP campaigns. Both measures lost!
April 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
THIS IS WILD‼️
Florida got $67M from a Medicaid fraud settlement. Instead of using it for actual health care, Casey DeSantis funneled $10M to a “charity” she controls. That “charity” passed it to anti-abortion and anti-marijuana groups—who then helped fund GOP campaigns. Both measures lost!
Florida got $67M from a Medicaid fraud settlement. Instead of using it for actual health care, Casey DeSantis funneled $10M to a “charity” she controls. That “charity” passed it to anti-abortion and anti-marijuana groups—who then helped fund GOP campaigns. Both measures lost!
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — the star of Signalgate and Signalgate the sequel — has transformed a space behind the Pentagon briefing room to use as a makeup studio, defense officials have confirmed.
Scandal-prone Hegseth is preparing for his closeups.
Scandal-prone Hegseth is preparing for his closeups.
April 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — the star of Signalgate and Signalgate the sequel — has transformed a space behind the Pentagon briefing room to use as a makeup studio, defense officials have confirmed.
Scandal-prone Hegseth is preparing for his closeups.
Scandal-prone Hegseth is preparing for his closeups.
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Stay loud
stay visible
stay brave
stay visible
stay brave
Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:
April 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Stay loud
stay visible
stay brave
stay visible
stay brave
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Robert Wolf on Fox News: "I've been in finance for 40 years. This is probably the biggest manufactured crisis I've seen with a bunch of unforced errors. The execution of 'liberation day' was pathetic."
April 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Robert Wolf on Fox News: "I've been in finance for 40 years. This is probably the biggest manufactured crisis I've seen with a bunch of unforced errors. The execution of 'liberation day' was pathetic."
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What folks love about @repjasmine.bsky.social is simple—she keeps it real. No sugarcoating, no political gymnastics. She says what the rest of us are thinking but don’t have the mic to say out loud.
She’s right—this is a “nightmare”. And we need more voices like hers, calling it out—no apologies!
She’s right—this is a “nightmare”. And we need more voices like hers, calling it out—no apologies!
April 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
What folks love about @repjasmine.bsky.social is simple—she keeps it real. No sugarcoating, no political gymnastics. She says what the rest of us are thinking but don’t have the mic to say out loud.
She’s right—this is a “nightmare”. And we need more voices like hers, calling it out—no apologies!
She’s right—this is a “nightmare”. And we need more voices like hers, calling it out—no apologies!
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But sure, meritocracy. Got it.
April 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
But sure, meritocracy. Got it.