Do not use work devices for anything personal—ever. Laptop, phone, none of it is private if the employer owns it, leases it, or it's connected to the employer's systems. Do not use personal devices on employer networks. share.googlork e/rs8s1tbY21fyEj8o7

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Here's video of my discussion on CNN about High Horse, the new Peacock docuseries from Jordan Peele, which explores systemic oppression of people of color through U.S. history by asking a simple question: Why don't we know more about Black cowboys? WATCH: https://loom.ly/KbUdJfY

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There’s more. Journey did two ICE flights last Sunday to Equatorial Guinea and Liberia.

And again...

Critics have likened John Gotti’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with the Gambino family

The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.

Words cannot describe how angry this makes me.

Workers strike on Black Friday at Amazon warehouses in Germany reut.rs/4855MK2

The alleged shooter got asylum under Trump.

NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court. More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

A classic. Everyone should know it, even if you don't known the show.

Periodic reminder: I am in need of a job and am looking for full time and contract opportunities in #climate and #biotech #scipol and policy-adjacent spaces! If you know of some good ones, have connections, or are looking to hire, let me know! (My DMs are open.)

Went for a Thanksgiving walk in the hills, and kid spotted an owl.

So, how was everybody's Thanksgiving? If you had a Thanksgiving.

Seattle and Portland area folks: These two sweeties need a new foster home by December 12th. One boy, one girl, both fixed. They’ll come with food, toys, and litter (also a cat playpen if you want it). Would really appreciate any shares to cast a wider net.

UPDATE: DOJ filed its response, maintaining its opposition to contempt proceedings, but identifying Ensign, Blanche, Bove, Mazzara, and Noem as having been involved in discussions from Boasberg’s March 15 TRO to the decision not to “recall the flights” taking people to El Salvador under the AEA.

BREAKING: In Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry, Plaintiffs include Emil Bove, now a Third Circuit judge, on their list of potential witnesses. Others include Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign—both of whom Boasberg mentioned as likely witnesses—and Yaakov Roth, a senior official in DOJ's Civil Division.

Also, we’re so thankful for the work that has come before us! Huge shoutout to the University of Washington for their initial work and partnering with us ongoing data analysis, @404media.co and @eff.org for nationwide attention to flock and prolific public records requesters like Rose Terse.

In October, statewide news reported that a sheriff's deputy in Texas searched thousands of Flock cameras in Washington for 'Had an abortion, search for female.’ New documents obtained by RANGE show Spokane County Sheriff's Office cameras were accessed in that search:

Hegseth wants briefing on review of Senator Kelly's conduct by Dec 10, memo says reut.rs/3XP8InZ

FBI seeks interviews with Jason Crow, other Democrats who urged US troops to defy illegal orders

NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

The only rights that matter to this "administration."

Grace was a Ph.D. student housed at the same institute as me when I taught at UGA. She is one of the dearest, smartest people I know. Please read and donate.

NEW: Tina Peters is staying put in a Colorado prison. Colorado's Department of Corrections tells me it does not intend to respond to a DOJ request to move Peters to federal custody. www.9news.com/article/news...

breathe

You don't say.

Everyone Kidnapped by ICE and Border Patrol In Southern California Since August lataco.com/everyone-kid...

"I think all of these people should be tried for treason and hung. I think Jared Polis should be hung. I think Jena Griswold should be hung. I think Phil Weiser should be hung. I think they should hang by their neck until dead," said MAGA activist and Tina Peters ally Joe Oltmann

NEW: As President Trump increases pressure on Colorado Governor Polis to free Tina Peters, a close ally of Peters is calling for Gov Polis and Attorney General Weiser to be executed. MAGA podcaster Joe Oltmann called for the execution of several Colorado Democrats by name.

Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals! www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Important case regarding Trump's efforts to reduce federal government. Judge McConnell enjoins dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Minority Business Development Agency, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services, etc. 1/2 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I don't have time to do a full read and write up but, in short, Judge finds that the EO violates the APA, the Separations of Powers, and the Take Care Clause 2/2

Breaking a year-long ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel struck the suburbs of Beirut on Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding 28 others, according to the BBC and Lebanon’s health ministry. trib.al/IEzWlDx

We've now posted on @lawfaremedia.org the live blog of Abrego's remarkable ~4-hr hearing Thurs, with a precis. The govt spent half the hearing suggesting that Costa Rica would no longer accept Abrego, tho WaPo later reported that it would. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/abre...

NEW: Amid reports that the U.S. DOGE Service is "dead," alleged Acting Administrator Amy Gleason breaks her silence on LinkedIn: “I’m alive.”

Trump expected to propose two-year ACA subsidy extension as deadline nears, report says reut.rs/4reC9xz

Are we taking financial advice from Deutsche Bank now?

I have 3 free Clear passes to give out. If you are traveling this week and want a code, DM me.

BREAKING: Days after Trump called for the execution of a group of Democratic lawmakers, the Department of War now says it’s investigating Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a decorated Navy veteran, for “serious allegations of misconduct.”

About 5,000 employees have left DOJ since January. We collected some of their farewell messages. As our spokesperson @petercarr10.bsky.social told CBS, they “show what is happening in our country at this moment.”

From Jenna Ellis to John Eastman to Lindsey Halligan, Colorado’s conservative legal luminaries have had some rough sledding.

A federal judge in Chicago issued a massive opinion on *Thursday that required the Trump admin to stop brutalizing people at the Broadview ICE facility Yet a three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals blocked that order on *Wednesday 🤔 ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino and his masked raiders have now left not one, but *two* American cities they sought to terrorize. Their lawlessness was simply no match for the public's commitment to the Constitution. @raders.bsky.social lays out lessons from Charlotte and Chicago.

A federal judge also dismissed the criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

A federal judge has dismissed the charges against former FBI director James Comey, ruling that the former Trump attorney who brought the charges was not legally serving as the U.S. attorney.

Okay, I'm back after 2 days off. Did I miss anything? 🤣

oh it’s like this was designed for me specifically