Another day, another Jeanine Pirro case going to shit. Prosecutors are seeking to drop felony charges they filed against two other D.C. residents accused of assaulting a federal agent. Cases went nowhere. Judges are clearly exasperated by this stuff: www.huffpost.com/entry/jeanin...

It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers, according to a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.

More regime consolidation of the media. Orbanism.

Another Jeanine Pirro felony case just crumbled. Prosecutors claimed DC resident Scott Pichon assaulted guardsmen by spitting at them, but moved to withdraw the charge “after reviewing the evidence.” Judge: “The way this is supposed to work is the U.S. Attorney’s Office does its due diligence.”

Los Angeles teachers are patrolling the streets, linking w immigration/ tenants’ advocates, and repurposing lockdown policies designed to protect students from active shooters or wildfires — all to protect them from ICE @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social and I report www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...

America Is Now A 'Show Your Papers' State The obvious end point of the Supreme Court’s logic is something normally associated with fascist regimes. www.huffpost.com/entry/americ...

The DC folk hero who threw a sandwich at a CBP officer was arraigned in federal court today on a misdemeanor charge of assaulting a federal agent. He pleaded not guilty. Jury selection slated to start Nov 3. Yes, it’s looking like this will actually go to trial. Incredible.

The greatest shadow docket headline you’ll ever see

SCOTUS just gave Trump the green light to fire the FTC’s lone Democraric commissioner, Rebecca Slaughter, while her case is pending. Slaughter was the only commissioner to vote against killing the FTC’s historic non-compete ban last week www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Shitty jobs report yet Labor Sec. Lori Chavez-DeRemer boasts that "all job growth this year has been in the private sector among native-born Americans." Really sums up so much of what the administration is doing.

This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I got to talk with @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social about his tireless documentation of immigration raids in LA, and how his knowledge of the city's street food scene makes him a better immigration reporter

At least 13 people are charged with "assaulting" or "impeding" a federal agent in Trump's DC takeover. In several cases, what look like routine police scuffles have turned into federal cases carrying up to 8 yrs prison. The cases are "horseshit," an attorney said. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

This morning a judge in D.C. Court unleashed a withering critique of Trump's DC police takeover, tossing a case built on "without a doubt the most illegal search" he'd ever seen. "Lawlessness cannot come from the government," the judge warned. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/judge-...

This story demonstrates how even a short convo with an AI chatbot can be dangerous for vulnerable people: “The best way to sustain usage over time...is to prey on our deepest desires to be seen, to be validated, to be affirmed." www.reuters.com/investigates...

NEW: I spoke with a woman named Andrea about her experience being detained by ICE after calling the cops for help during a domestic violence incident. She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.

Harrowing @mattshuham.bsky.social dispatch from immigration court, where he watched 20 arrests over five days. "This is fishing in a stocked pool," one federal agent said. www.huffpost.com/entry/five-d...

We got hold of a memo revealing how many CBP and border patrol agents Trump has pulled from the ports and borders to do immigration raids with ICE. It's around 2,000. He's diverting manpower from the ports of entry -- that's where the fentanyl actually comes in. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

I'm turning 37 this week, and to celebrate, I'm offering 37% off a year of Fingers to the first 37 people who upgrade. Or, to put it another way, in lieu of gifts, please buy subscription: www.fingers.email/upgrade?_bhl...

I was able to confirm that, yes, the Teamsters did hire Peter Cytanovic of Charlottesville "Unite the Right" fame, before firing him during his probationary period. I asked Cytanovic about it outside his home and he told me to "get the fuck out of here." www.huffpost.com/entry/peter-...

The Supreme Court doesn't care about the law or explaining itself anymore www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

The VA now says it plans to lose 30,000 employees by October, “through normal attrition, early retirements, deferred resignations and the federal hiring freeze.” Enough people out the door that the agency says it won’t pursue a mass reduction-in-force.

Hospitality workers' union UNITE HERE isn't happy the Senate's big beautiful bill caps the deduction for no-taxes-on-tips. The union has been a big backer of the idea though most progressive economists seem to think it's bad tax policy

UVA President Jim Ryan writes letter to students, staff and alums on his decision to step down under pressure from Trump’s DOJ: ‘I cannot make a unilateral decision to fight the federal government in order to save my own job.’ Full letter:

Populism alert. Trump administration announces it will stop seeking liquidated damages on behalf of workers in cases of wage theft.

SCOTUS just upheld Skrmetti, the TN ban on gender-affirming care for minors. Justice Roberts delivered the opinion, saying that the law isn't subject to heightened scrutiny and can stay in place. Advocates fear this clears the way for future attacks on trans rights www.huffpost.com/entry/suprem...

The Senate's draft of the reconciliation bill is horrendous for federal workers. New hires would have to sacrifice 10% of their salary or else be classified as "at-will." A blatant scheme to undo job security and upend the civil service. www.huffpost.com/entry/senate...

LOL the Washington Post’s AI bot summarizing the comments under tonight’s weather forecast

The essence of Trumpism is the declaration of domestic war on his political opponents and disfavored racial, cultural and ethnic groups and the creation of a police state. The means is mass deportation. The end: the destruction of the liberal order. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

UPDATE: David Huerta was just released from custody!

Rally now outside the DOJ building in DC calling for the release of SEIU California President David Huerta, who was arrested in the Los Angeles ICE protests and is still detained

How do they come up with this stuff? In a new memo the White House says moving forward, federal job applicants will have to answer four “free-response essay questions,” one of which is: “How would you help advance the President’s executive orders and policy priorities?” chcoc.gov/sites/defaul...

under the Trump administration, it has become nearly impossible for undocumented people to sponsor unaccompanied migrant children — as a result kids are trapped in government shelters, despite having parents and siblings desperate to care for them at home www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

lol Trump’s Labor Department has rescinded guidance discouraging the inclusion of crypto in retirement plans. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer: ‘We’re rolling back this overreach and making it clear that investment decisions should be made by fiduciaries, not DC bureaucrats.’

House Republicans snuck a massive policy change into their tax bill that could upend the civil service: It would make new federal employees "at will" unless they agree to an effective 5% pay cut. One union official told me it amounts to "criminal extortion." www.huffpost.com/entry/house-...

NEW: Andrew Cuomo is mounting a stunning political comeback despite 12 women accusing him of sexual harassment just 3 years ago. I spoke with several of the women whose claims were substantiated by three investigations. They feel betrayed & forgotten. www.huffpost.com/entry/andrew...

Trump plans to pull DHS officers from ports of entry to assist in inland immigration raids, per memo I got. This would appear to divert resources from port drug smuggling prevention in order to juice the administration’s deportation numbers www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Spoke with some of the law firm associates who resigned from their firms that cut deals with Trump about why they took such a bold step www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...

The @aflcio.org and several member unions are calling on El Salvador to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia after his wrongful deportation. Garcia was an apprentice in the sheet metal workers' union when the Trump admin deported him without a hearing last month. www.huffpost.com/entry/kilmar...

It appears the Washington Post has created a website to discourage its tech workers from unionizing. Lengthy post from Post CTO Vineet Khosla plays the anti-union hits. Sample below posttechteam.org

REI has retracted its support for Doug Burgum as Trump’s Interior Secretary after REI members went apeshit on the company

Trump’s trade rep, Jamieson Greer, is also serving as acting head of the Office of Special Counsel, and acting head of the Office of Government Ethics. Those are some major side hustles for a guy running a global trade war. www.huffpost.com/entry/jamies...

68 law professors at UVA Law School have signed a letter expressing fear that Trump is chipping away at the rule of law. "In our view, the current scale of norm-breaking and even law-breaking is unusual and troubling." Letter: drive.google.com/file/d/1tWU_...

Of course this was a totally reasonable deal until Musk started dismantling the federal government www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/n...

Standing outside HHS amid layoffs when Rep. Al Green, on way to Capitol, spotted the line, stopped his car and asked me what’s going on. “I’m just amazed that people can be so heartless,” he says of Trump admin.

Line outside HHS this morning in downtown DC. Workers waiting to get inside so they can learn about what they worry are their own layoffs.

Amazon spent $12.7 million on anti-union consultants last year as it battled the @teamsters.bsky.social and other organizing campaigns www.huffpost.com/entry/amazon...

DC Circuit grants Trump admin a stay blocking Gwynne Wilcox’s reinstatement to the NLRB after Trump fired her. Judge Justin Walker, a Trump appointee, rules admin is likely to succeed in their argument that removal protections are unconstitutional storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Months after the Japanese conglomerate defeated a Teamster drive at its Richmond brewery, a new filing shows what it spent on pricey "persuaders" to swing the vote in its favor. For @vinepair.com, I laid out why the firm would spend six figures to squash a union, even as it was hemorrhaging value.

DOGE is trying to get its hands on sensitive unemployment data held by the Labor Dept’s inspector general, including workers’ social security numbers and addresses. Experts fear it will be used for deportations or to deny benefit claims without due process. www.huffpost.com/entry/doge-u...