Just to be clear hear, the chances that a removable noncitizen actually has a REAL ID approach zero, so in function (and maybe intent!) this is entirely a proposed policy to arrest US citizens

"Joe Biden was President in 2020" vibes

A reminder that most Americans who are life-long citizens have nothing OTHER than a Real ID to prove their citizenship. This is CBP’s chief enforcer saying that ID doesn’t count.

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Because if you care about securely owning a movie that you love--as opposed to "owning" it only until a license agreement over which you have no control expires without warning--you need a DVD or Blu-ray. The hardware may be yesterday; the concern is very much of this moment.

Jason Momoa has now played the least comics accurate and most comics accurate rendition of a DC character

COLORADO: “Trump issued a symbolic pardon for Tina Peters, but it alone won’t free the former Colorado elections administrator convicted under state laws of orchestrating a data breach scheme driven by false claims of fraud in the 2020 election.” apnews.com/article/trum...

If you’re not white make sure you carry your fucking freedom papers with you bsky.app/profile/radl...

If Trump’s DOJ wants that evidence again, it needs to have a “lawful search warrant.” Full opinion storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I would rather have this than the ambient beavis n butthead laughter of my own adolescence, tbh. God, that was annoying. Also grown ass monty python quoters. :/

The #BEASTLab won second place in the departmental holiday decoration contest!

I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting. I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.

this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw

To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.

OK, let's talk about DOJ.

Guys! GUYS! If you are an iPhone user you are NOT crazy. You're not just getting old. You're not suddenly all thumbs. Our iPhones are broken - that's why you keep misspelling shit so often in texts. I shared this with Jess and we both went 🤯

Ruzzians: "We have Kupyansk". Zelensky: takes selfie 2 km away from ruzzians and pops open a beer.

There are no adults. Everybody's just playing pretend.

*snort* In a well-run universe, all these dudes obsessed with AI would believe it and stop doing war crimes, but alas…

🥁 Drumroll please... welcome back to the Dome, Oscar Montoya! The trailer for the new season of Dimension 20 premieres December 17th! 📸: Kate Elliott #Dimension20NewSeason

NEW: The ACLU lawyers representing the plaintiffs in the underlying Alien Enemies Act case file a short — but sharp — opposition to DOJ's stay request, highlighting both the delay that has gone on here and the en banc D.C. Circuit's vote on all of this. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Fascists love nothing more than sending troops into famously cold regions as winter sets in.

NEW: A hearing is set for Tuesday in the National Trust's lawsuit challenging Trump's White House ballroom plans. The case has been assigned to Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee. He has ordered DOJ to respond by 5p Monday to the Trust's TRO request and set a hearing for 3:30p Tuesday.

This is a campaign of ethnic cleansing of this country. That's what this is all about.

After my post on vaccinating my children when they were babies, I got asked to have ‘nuanced’ convos with antivaxxers. No. I’m not platforming lies that led to the drop in vaccines, sick children with lifelong impacts and dead children. Vaccines save lives and protect health. Period.

I'm repeatedly hearing that Emil Bove was in urgent consultations with Todd Blanche, Pam Bondi and others at DOJ, about how to "shut down Boasberg." He feels threatened. I wonder why.

NIST literally changed the definition of risk that they have been using for the past twenty years just for the AI risk management framework. Look up OMB 130A 2000, the original 800-30, the CSF, the regular RMF, the PF, the INITIAL PUBLIC DRAFT OF THE NEW PF. And then look at NIST AI RMF.

NEW: When she worked at NASA’s JPL, Amy Mainzer used to rack up high scores on the 1979 Atari game ASTEROIDS. Very apt, now she’s in charge of a space mission that will save the world from killer asteroids. Planet Protector, my new feature for @science.org, is live. www.science.org/content/arti...

My kid left half his dinner and asked for chocolate. I felt like he had eaten enough before, so I gave it to him. But then he ate the chocolate, got distracted by the TV, and RESTARTED eating his dinner. After the chocolate. I'm ok with it.

According to the lawsuit, ICE agents arrived in multiple white SUVs and wore green military-style uniforms and partially covered faces. Ruvalcaba, who is deaf and communicates primarily through sign language and visual cues, could not understand the verbal commands being shouted at him.

Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2043...

It acts very enthusiastic. That's not a good thing when the enthusiasm is misguided.

These spas with medical procedures need better regulation. People who are CONVICTED of sexual assault should NOT be allowed to still work in these clinics while they are appealing.

I know the WH demolition feels like a 1,000 news cycles ago, but let’s not forgot how batshit this is. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is stepping up to fight this reckless project. It's not about one building. It's about stopping a man who thinks our history is his to bulldoze.

One of my producers said to me once: "When evaluating notes, always look to see which note-giver is *paying you the most.* All others can get in line behind them." :)

It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

Look I’m just gonna say it: it’s difficult for me to believe that this level of disrespect is not tied to this series being about gay people. I’m the first one to talk about how much privilege white ppl have in this space, but I can’t imagine this level of casual for a het book becoming a smash hit

UPDATE: Boasberg denies both the stay request and an underlying motion for reconsideration that DOJ had filed to stop the contempt proceedings. Here's the reconsideration denial, which Boasberg cites as providing the reasons for denying the stay: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Good work, Minnesota residents!

This from when Dhillon was defending election denier Kari Lake in 2022 feels oddly relevant again.

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The most important political fault line of our time is over whether children are people or property.

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Breaking - National Trust sues to stop Trump ballroom wapo.st/4oRY378

Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. Epstein haunts him. Republicans are beginning to revolt against him. He's not all powerful. A tyrant can exercise tyranny only insofar as the objects of his tyranny continue to allow it. Remember this.

note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response

It is not! A “scrivener’s error” is for things like fixing typos or very minor non-material errors, not retroactively adding a deportation order that doesn’t current exist!

Love the idea that the DoJ suing states to further the interests of tech companies controlled by billionaires who pay off the President in various ways is something that should be normalized under our constitutional system.

The regime can still do an incredible amount of harm while they’re in power. And, they are in some ways at their most dangerous when they’re at their weakest. But, we should all take courage from their failures and the many cracks in their coalition. If we keep pushing, we will win.