5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage: “Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers” “Church members flee as federal agents arrive” “Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee” “Border Patrol questions people at Walmart” “Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”

💥This too. Do NOT Miss: “if we're going to have a government of laws & not men, then it takes particularly men & women dedicated to being zealous, but also being fair to make clear that the law is not an instrument of partisan purpose.” @dahlialithwick.bsky.social w Mark Wolf; his 1st pod interview!

This is important context from Julie K. Brown. With alt text.

Trump says he's "sort of" made up his mind on Venezuela as top officials mull options. He knows he needs to change the subject before the House vote Tuesday on the Epstein files? www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-v...

Judge Mark Wolf -- who stepped down from the federal bench last week -- on his first podcast and also California's AG Rob Bonta on the blue state resistance

NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends. It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.

NEW: DHS launched a $200mln+ ad campaign, featuring, Kristi Noem, aimed at stemming illegal immigration. We found the firm secretly hired for the work has ties to Noem. @justinelliott.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social & @amierjeski.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/kris...

More than 10 years ago, I was an Army Colonel assigned to SOUTHCOM. I cannot EVEN imagine what is going through the minds of our servicemembers & civilians that serve at that HQ. The cherry on top is the HQ is directly across the street from DT's Doral golf course. Don't let this story disappear📣

BREAKING: The Justice Department sues to block California’s new congressional map, joining a fight that could shape control of the House in 2026.

The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

Holy shit: Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer has FAR MORE than an 18-minute gap. That grand jury came back late--after 6 or something. abcnews.go.com/US/attorneys...

This article is a must-read. You will see and follow the horrific timeline of trump's government shutdown ; the longest and worst in the history of our country. #TrumpsShutdownStillDragsOn www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

My expectation is that Todd Blanche is currently the subject of a multi pronged ethics investigation that is likely to lead to bar disciplinary action. He conduct here violates multiple provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility, but it is likely not sufficient for disbarment.

This is far worse than anyone expected. Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps. All as mass internment camps are being built.

The SNAP fight at the Supreme Court is officially over. Trump's Department of Justice acknowledges that SNAP is now fully funded through the end of the fiscal year and thus withdraws its request for an additional stay. The end of the shutdown mooted the case before SCOTUS could touch the merits.

Just left Comey/James hearing on Halligan’s appointment. Judge Currie skeptical. Said AG Bondi could not have ratified what H did after reviewing grand jury minutes because Bondi didn’t even possess complete record at time. Ruling by Thanksgiving.

ALERT: Federal judge says she’ll rule “before Thanksgiving” on whether to dismiss James Comey and Letitia James criminal cases After 80 minutes, arguments are complete. Hearing is wrapped

I bet he stayed up all night composing this

Epstein was scheduled to have breakfast w/Bannon 2 days before his arrest.

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.

I think we need to start visualizing the Trump Presidency ending, and socialize it. For it is the right thing to do for the country and the American people.

Since this administration loves to charge people with making false statements (see, e.g., Comey, James), I assume they will be charging Maxwell for lying to Blanche and the FBI agents who interviewed her, right?

Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?" Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."

Shareholders at 30 out of 30 corporations voted overwhelmingly to reject anti-DEI proposals in 2025, most by 99-1 percent of voting shares. Now Trump White House is considering an Executive Order to kill shareholder democracy. www.impactivize.org/2025-shareho...

It’s amazing how much existing institutions and the people profiting from Trump’s presidency lean toward a trivialization and normalization of something that in any other context nearly everyone would treat with horror

“I haven’t seen the emails. I haven’t read them. I don’t even know what emails are.” - Mike Johnson this morning, probably.

The title speaks for itself. Law schools should NOT be the only source of #clerkship info. Fortunately, they don’t have to be! @thelap.bsky.social Clerkships Database provides an *honest* picture of clerking. Shame on law schools that say otherwise. abovethelaw.com/2025/11/law-...

I don't want to jump to any hasty conclusions here, but this email exchange from 2011 between Jeff Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell about Donald Trump having spent hours alone with an underage girl does seem like it might be bad for him.

the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”

The new Epstein emails are the most incriminating evidence to date on Trump & Epstein & let's be clear, there has been plenty of incriminating evidence for many years. So, can we stop treating this like a process story and start focusing squarely on the likelihood Trump is a pedophile sex criminal.

BREAKING: House Democrats just released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Trump had "spent hours at my house" with one of Epstein's victims — among other messages that suggested Epstein believed Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged. tinyurl.com/5yj3dfpx

“If you’re just an average citizen, you can’t even get in the line,” said a lawyer rep'ing a man seeking a pardon for decades-old tax crimes. “I told my guy he’d probably be better off if he broke into the Capitol or made a major donation to Trump’s inauguration.”

"The beneficiaries of President Donald Trump’s mercy in his second term have mostly been people with access to the president or his inner circle. Those who have followed the rules set out by the Department of Justice, meanwhile, are still waiting." *Bracing* new story by @jeremykohler.bsky.social

Trump just claimed his tariffs have pulled in $2 trillion. Then literally hours later, he inflated that to $3 trillion. With this absurdity, he undermined his case for tariffs, revealing that he's just pulling numbers out of his ass. On the pod we dig deep into this: newrepublic.com/article/2030...

A couple months back, I was curious as to how Bill Pulte was able to obtain Lisa Cook and Letitia James' mortgage documents. Today, the WSJ reports that he was actually under investigation for how he obtained them. www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.

On Fifth Circuit election day trickery by @rickhasen.bsky.social

Trump bombing spree leads to 'a significant rupture' in US relations with the UK

Forgive me for tagging you @dahlialithwick.bsky.social , but this is an important read and you have a wider reach.

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social While listening to @dahlialithwick.bsky.social Amicus #podcast episode 430, I tagged your Giving Up Is Unforgivable #audiobook version for future #reading. Tia! #Booksky #Law #Libby #Politics

With @mjsdc.bsky.social and Marc Busch of Georgetown on what real, actual economists think about tariffs (and why Trump is likely gonna lose this one)

AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats. "They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services" apnews.com/article/trum...

Unbelievable but believable.

BREAKING: A federal judge finds the Trump admin "did not comply" with his order to fund SNAP benefits. Judge John McConnell has verbally ordered the admin to *fully fund* SNAP benefits for the month of November — by tomorrow.

NEWS: Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce passport restrictions targeting transgender people www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Your reminder that the Roberts Court's apparent unwillingness to serve as Trump's privy council in the tariffs case is an anomaly

NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...