This is what I'm listening to.

Some people assert the only undocumented immigrants in the US are from Latin American and Africa, not from countries like Ireland. In 2008, the Irish government estimated 20,000-25,000 undocumented Irish citizens in the US. Today it's approximately 10,000.

Example of Trump firing an immigration judge for following the law. www.cpr.org/2026/07/14/i...

On Friday a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from forcing Connecticut to hand over a detailed list of individual voter information to the federal government. www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...

Yesterday a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from using a federal clause to terminate billions of dollars in grant funding Congress had appropriated for state programs, and that grants already ended were done illegally. apnews.com/article/doge...

Project 2025 arguing for fewer opportunities for women and girls in sports because they make women and girls "more aggressive, assertive, dominant, and less deferential, less graceful, and less oriented toward motherhood and traditional feminine graces." www.heritage.org/gender/repor...

👎Yesterday a US Appeals Court reversed a lower court ruling which blocked Trump from allowing the US Postal Service to refuse delivery of mail ballots unless states provide approved voter lists. abcnews.com/Politics/app...

This is what I'm listening to.

Ugh. These are seriously the fucking stupidest people. www.planetizen.com/news/2026/07...

👎On Friday Trump told employers it must fire hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers who have been living in the US for humanitarian reasons. (And you thought a path to a better life for immigrants was through hard work...) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/u...

👎Yesterday a US District Court Judge dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against 4 Proud Boys who participated in Trump's 1/6 attempt to violently overturn the 2020 election, because Trump indicated the DOJ would not prosecute the case. www.newsweek.com/trump-judge-...

👎On Thursday Trump sued Maryland for "sanctuary" policies which, Trump says, are impeding his malevolent anti-immigrant actions. (Yay for more sanctuary policies!) www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

On Thursday a US District Court blocked Trump from imposing “anti-DEI” conditions on grants sought by 11 cities and counties in California and Oregon from the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, Interior and FEMA. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Wednesday: a US District Court Judge rejected Trump's attempt to delay paying E. Jean Carroll $5.8 million from a judgement jury which found Trump sexually assaulted her. www.cnn.com/2026/07/08/p...

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Today: Trump wants the US Supreme Court to reverse its birthright citizenship decision. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/ju...

Yesterday: www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

The iPhone said it was going to be 79 today. Ok. This is what I'm listening to.

Today a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from seeking information on 2020 election workers, employees and volunteers, from Fulton County, Georgia. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Weather app says its 67 right now. Okey doke. This is what I'm listening to.

Today a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from indefinitely pausing immigration benefit applications for people already living in the country and by treating the nationality of applicants as "a significant negative factor." 🇺🇸 www.dispatch.com/story/news/c...

This is what I'm listening to.

This is what I'm listening to: hackedepicciotto. wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

This is what I'm listening to.

In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times. -Bertolt Brecht

"The president has the power to remove at will his subordinates."

👎Today the US Supreme Court allowed Trump control over federal agencies, like the Federal Trade Commission and two-dozen other independent regulatory agencies, removing a 90 year-old firewall. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

This what I'm listening to. Used the "Dramatic" filter because well because.

Trump is asking the US Supreme Court to approve the massive mandatory detention of immigrants. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

On Wednesday a US District Court Judged blocked Trump from limiting access to loans for students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some other fields. abcnews.com/US/wireStory...

This is what I'm listening to. yann-tiersen.bandcamp.com/album/cascad...

👎Today the US Supreme Court allowed Trump to turn away asylum-seeking immigrants, people who are fleeing mortal harm and whose cases in normal times the US is obliged to fairly adjudicate, at the US-Mexico border. www.khou.com/article/news...

👎 Today the US Supreme Court allowed Trump to end legal protections (temporary protected status) for immigrants from Syria and Haiti who are in the US because of violence, civil unrest and natural disasters in their home countries. apnews.com/article/immi...

👎On Tuesday the US Supreme Court allowed Trump to remove lawful permanent residents (green card holders) from the US who may have committed a crime. abcnews.com/Politics/sup...

What to do when you drive through a crosswalk when crosswalkers (pedestrians, babies in strollers, ebikers) have the crosswalk light:

How to cross the street when you do not have a crosswalk light: 1) Run, or trot, for the first 5/8 of the way across, 2) (Slow) walk the last 3/8 of the way.

Today a US District Court Judge dismissed a lawsuit Trump and the DOJ filed against New Jersey cities (Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Hoboken) for policies these cities enacted limiting local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration agencies. www.reuters.com/world/judge-...

Today a US District Court Judge permanently blocked Trump from his attempts to regulate elections, because US states do that. Trump cannot create a list of confirmed voters, and he can't force anyone to produce a passport or birth certificate when they are voting. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

👎Yesterday a US Court of Appeals allowed Trump to resume carrying out expedited deportations of immigrants throughout the US, not just near the border. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

On Monday a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from using his administration's SAVE database to check the accuracy of state voter rolls, over privacy and voting-rights violations. www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/06/23/t...

Today a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from obtaining sensitive medical records, including "medical assessments, diagnoses, informed consent records, and revelation of plaintiffs’ transgender status," from institutions in New York City that provided care to minors. www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/p...

Yesterday a US District Court Judge blocked Trump from arresting immigrants at immigration courts nationwide. Trump and ICE had been arresting immigrants when their removal hearings, normally a positive outcome for the immigrant defendant, were dismissed. www.cnn.com/2026/06/23/p...

Trump fast-tracked immigration cases for child immigrants and fired judges who appear not to comply. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Federal resources? Yesterday Trump announced he's giving everyone a big, beautiful bill for three-quarters of a billion dollars to buy back offshore wind leases and end renewable energy projects. 19thnews.org/2026/06/educ...

👎 Yesterday Trump asked a judge to halt Evanston, Illinois' reparations program, because it is "racially discriminatory." apnews.com/article/illi...

👎 Today Trump charged 15 people in Minnesota with violently opposing Trump's immigration law enforcement. DOJ "failed to describe a single example of injuries to federal agents when repeatedly questioned." 12 people were arrested today, 3 remain at-large. www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...

PILOT in Portland, Maine would have been ok. We're worried about MaineMed, UNE, PMA or Roux not contributing? Please. portlandme.portal.civicclerk.com/event/9542/f...

Yesterday a US District Court Judge ordered Trump to reinstall exhibits on slavery and climate change removed from parks and monuments, and blocked further removals. www.reuters.com/world/trump-...

Trump is withholding funds the government is contractually obligated to pay to non-profits who've provided legal services to immigrant children. truthout.org/articles/tru...

Trump is attempting get financial information, without warrants, the intent to intimidate and cause fear, from non-profit legal organizations helping immigrant children. apnews.com/article/bord...