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Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
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Bill Grueskin
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5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observerâs homepage: âManolo's Bakery closes to protect customersâ âChurch members flee as federal agents arriveâ âSuper G executive describes agents dragging out teen employeeâ âBorder Patrol questions people at Walmartâ âBorder Patrol sweep sparks fearâ
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Grant DeLaney
1 day ago
đ„This too. Do NOT Miss: âif 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.â
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
w Mark Wolf; his 1st pod interview!
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He Quit the Bench to Raise the Alarm
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 11/15/2025 · 1h 16m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/amicus-with-dahlia-lithwick-law-justice-and-the-courts/id928790786?i=1000736788917&r=617
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đŠTom Wambsgansâ Second Wife, PhD
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This is important context from Julie K. Brown. With alt text.
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Mike Walker
1 day ago
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...
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Trump says he's "sort of" made up his mind on Venezuela after top officials spent 3rd day mulling options
The president told reporters Friday evening he's "sort of" made up his mind about his next steps in Venezuela, which his administration blames for narco trafficking.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-venezuela-sort-of-made-up-mind-after-top-officials-spent-3rd-day
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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
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He Quit the Bench to Raise the Alarm
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 11/15/2025 · 1h 16m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/he-quit-the-bench-to-raise-the-alarm/id928790786?i=1000736788917
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Josh Kaplan
2 days ago
NEW: Weâve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noemâs allies and friends. Itâs part of a money trail thatâs been shrouded in secrecyâand involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
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Jesse Eisinger
2 days ago
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
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www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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SierraKim
3 days ago
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 disappearđŁ
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The Associated Press
3 days ago
BREAKING: The Justice Department sues to block Californiaâs new congressional map, joining a fight that could shape control of the House in 2026.
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Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress
The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S.
https://bit.ly/4i8PiUz
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Jay Willis
3 days ago
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...
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emptywheel
3 days ago
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...
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đ„Harry Potter Resists Fascismđ„
3 days ago
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...
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Timeline of US government shutdown that left workers and services in chaos
Week by week, key moments from the 43-day shutdown that disrupted flights, food benefits and federal work
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/13/government-shutdown-timeline
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southpaw
3 days ago
gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Scott Horton
3 days ago
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.
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Brian Goldstone
4 days ago
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 streetâredirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps. All as mass internment camps are being built.
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Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-homeless-funding.html?unlocked_article_code=1.008.A-Vh.BDMddZPPd521&smid=url-share
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Mark Joseph Stern
3 days ago
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.
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Roger Parloff
3 days ago
Just left Comey/James hearing on Halliganâs appointment. Judge Currie skeptical. Said AG Bondi could not have ratified what H did after reviewing grand jury minutes because Bondi didnât even possess complete record at time. Ruling by Thanksgiving.
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Scott MacFarlane
3 days ago
ALERT: Federal judge says sheâll rule âbefore Thanksgivingâ on whether to dismiss James Comey and Letitia James criminal cases After 80 minutes, arguments are complete. Hearing is wrapped
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George Conway đșđžđ«đđž
3 days ago
I bet he stayed up all night composing this
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emptywheel
3 days ago
Epstein was scheduled to have breakfast w/Bannon 2 days before his arrest.
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Christopher Hale
4 days ago
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIVâs urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history â condemning Trump-Vance raids as âinhumaneâ and âdehumanizingâ in a 216â5 vote.
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NEW: At Pope Leoâs Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trumpâs Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administrationâs âinhumaneâ deportation campaign â a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
https://www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/breaking-at-pope-leos-urging-bishops
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Mark Copelovitch
4 days ago
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.
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Simon Rosenberg
4 days ago
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.
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Asha Rangappa
4 days ago
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?
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The Bulwark
4 days ago
Q: "Why are White House officialsâŠmeeting 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."
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Nancy Levine Stearns
4 days ago
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...
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Impactivize Shareholder Scorecardâą -
2025 Anti-DEI Proposals and Shareholder Voting Results
https://www.impactivize.org/2025-shareholder-proposals/
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Amanda Katz
4 days ago
Itâs amazing how much existing institutions and the people profiting from Trumpâs presidency lean toward a trivialization and normalization of something that in any other context nearly everyone would treat with horror
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Just Jack
4 days ago
âI havenât seen the emails. I havenât read them. I donât even know what emails are.â - Mike Johnson this morning, probably.
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Aliza Shatzman âĄïž
4 days ago
The title speaks for itself. Law schools should NOT be the only source of
#clerkship
info. Fortunately, they donât 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-...
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Law Schools Are Lying To Students About Judicial Clerkships - Above the Law
What do you call it when law schools withhold negative information about judges from students and try to prevent them from accessing candid clerkship information beyond the schoolâs approved resources...
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/law-schools-are-lying-to-students-about-judicial-clerkships/
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George Conway đșđžđ«đđž
4 days ago
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.
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Andrew Lawrence
4 days ago
the only thing democrats should be saying today is âthe entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world historyâ
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David Rothkopf
4 days ago
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.
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Kyle Griffin
4 days ago
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 â among other messages that suggested Epstein believed Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged.
tinyurl.com/5yj3dfpx
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Anna Clark
4 days ago
âIf youâre just an average citizen, you canât even get in the line,â said a lawyer rep'ing a man seeking a pardon for decades-old tax crimes. âI told my guy heâd probably be better off if he broke into the Capitol or made a major donation to Trumpâs inauguration.â
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How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters
The presidentâs second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors â as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin
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Anna Clark
4 days ago
"The beneficiaries of President Donald Trumpâs 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
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How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters
The presidentâs second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors â as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin
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Greg Sargent
4 days ago
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...
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Trump Wrecks His Own Case for Tariffs as Bizarre SCOTUS Rant Backfires
As Trump unleashes confused statements about the Supreme Court case on his tariffs, a trade expert explains how he accidentally undermined his argument for themâand why all this is trending toward a m...
https://newrepublic.com/article/203061/trump-wrecks-case-tariffs-bizarre-scotus-rant-backfires
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Mueller, She Wrote
5 days ago
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...
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Dare Obasanjo
5 days ago
Theyâve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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The Supreme Court Just Took a Scary Case That Has Trump Salivating. He Might Not Like the Outcome.
President Donald Trumpâs obsession with mail-in balloting reached the Supreme Court on Monday.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/11/trump-mail-voting-supreme-court-fraud-florida.html
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#TuckFrump
5 days ago
Trump bombing spree leads to 'a significant rupture' in US relations with the UK
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Trump bombing spree leads to 'a significant rupture' in US relations with the UK
https://twp.ai/9PYDqD
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7 days ago
Forgive me for tagging you
@dahlialithwick.bsky.social
, but this is an important read and you have a wider reach.
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Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/federal-judge-resignation-trump/684845/?gift=z1UzULIKdEs5BxKbg9D-ib3kLN-lG2vbbBePElgaQjc
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Gus Moyer (æą ćè¶ )
8 days ago
@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
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With
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The Supreme Court Might ActuallyâŠSay No to Trump?
It seems like the tariffs arenât long for this world, but you never know with this court.
https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2025/11/trumps-tariffs-get-chilly-reception-at-supreme-court
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Bill Grueskin
9 days ago
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"
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Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-venezuela-boat-strikes-drugs-cocaine-trafficking-95b54a3a5efec74f12f82396a79617ea
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Skye Perryman
10 days ago
Unbelievable but believable.
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Kyle Griffin
10 days ago
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 â by tomorrow.
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Lawrence Hurley
10 days ago
NEWS: Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce passport restrictions targeting transgender people
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Supreme Court allows Trump to enforce passport restrictions targeting transgender people
Trump is seeking to reverse a Biden policy that allowed transgender applicants to choose male, female or "X" as gender markers.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-enforce-passport-restrictions-targeting-tra-rcna235999
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Scott Lemieux
10 days ago
Your reminder that the Roberts Court's apparent unwillingness to serve as Trump's privy council in the tariffs case is an anomaly
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Mark Joseph Stern
10 days ago
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...
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