It’s a logic puzzle… Presumably there’s no documentary evidence to prove a negative, so it’s a promise to publicly assert Trump’s innocence in exchange for clemency. But by making the offer public, she’s already asserting his innocence, so what additional benefit would there be in offering clemency?

the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran

Hi, lawyer here! This is not funny. Senators only do this when they're in extreme distress.

That's remarkable stuff. And really illustrates why the Millers of the world want there to be as little process as possible. Because process will stop their goals.

Happy Anniversary to those who celebrate cat attorneys.

Here’s a tell: when you point to their hypocrisy it doesn't move them. Hypocrisy is a feature not a bug of autocracy. Because it proves that the rules apply to you but not to them.

Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.

Enron, but with cars!

yeah, Elon really seems to think he has some kind of inside info on this front bsky.app/profile/sean...

Poem by @amandagorman.bsky.social (via Twitter): For Alex Jeffrey Pretti. x.com/i/status/201...

Calling this an ICE Box from now on

okay hear me out

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

It’s almost as though this isn’t an immigration enforcement operation at all 😱

Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.

I'm late, but this is the first confirmation I've seen of Waymo using foreign-based remote operators. Prior, there was only a rumored podcast ep, immediately cease-and-desisted. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Hear me out. TOFU? Trump Often Effs Up?

From the nation’s first president, a reminder that openness to those seeking freedom has been part of the American idea from the beginning.

Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.

So, to help illustrate why this thread is so horrifying, Stanford did a study on Lexis+ AI, Westlaw AI-Assisted Research, and Thomson-Reuters Ask Practical Law AI, and found between 17% and 33% hallucinations even though these are supposed to be the retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) tools.

Melt, and no more be seen

And here I stand both to impeach and purge

Ok but… if you’re an American executive looking to profit from the current situation in Venezuela…do you really feel safe traveling there right now?

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

Every New Year's I think of this poem from Marge Piercy: "How much have I dared in opposition? How much have I put on the line for freedom? For mine and others? As these freedoms are pared, sliced and diced, where have I spoken out?"

Take every excuse you can get to cook a delicious meal, hug your loved ones, give to others, and spread light in the darkest part of the year.

Nothing says “glamour” like Vanity Fair. Usually. But sometimes the picture they take of you comes out looking like Dorian Gray’s DMV photo—unflattering, in a way that implies deep spiritual corruption.

Monday’s Subtle Sunrise in Cleveland, Ohio

So CBS News paid President Trump millions to settle a baseless lawsuit over 60 Minutes editing a Kamala Harris interview the way they edit every interview, then a self-styled free speech champion took over CBS News and censored a 60 Minutes report exposing Trump admin actions, do I have that right?

Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.

The Trump admin says it aims to file 100-200 denaturalization cases per month, a huge increase. But these cases are hard to file and win, and require a lot of DOJ resources, and the DOJ is incredibly stretched thin already. So we’ll see; I have serious doubts about their ability to do this.

Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.

When judges find police/prosecutorial misconduct, it's fascinating when they name the LEO/prosecutor in their opinion; often it's just "the arresting officer" or "the ADA." (Free Student Note idea!). Xinis makes clear it was "Immigration Judge Phillip Taylor" who signed this unusual order.

To lose one indictment, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose a second looks like carelessness. A third, though?!

There should be a sua sponte sanctions order to show cause

BREAKING: Judge Paula Xinis orders the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration custody

Read the opinion here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

President Trump advocates for new “birthwhite” citizenship.

This tweet is not going to help anyone criminally charged with texting while driving, but it will look great in the courtroom, blown up as an exhibit in every products liability case against Tesla.

@catgyoung.bsky.social #medsky #WorldAIDSDay

I have no idea what the US intends to do in Venezuela, but given this admin’s approach to operational security, I have no doubt that Maduro is fully aware of whatever plans there might be…and is probably participating in the Signal chat where decisions are being made.

This is horrible news. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...

If not disbarment, why disbarment shaped?

Everyone's missing potentially the most interesting thing about this order, which is the judge's finding that Halligan may have returned an indictment that was never presented to the jury

When you realize everyone is healing from something, it's a lot easier to just be kind to people. ~ Lewis Howes

Open borders. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2199-t...

I see the "meritocracy" people have arrived