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Seth Cotlar
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Transpose this 1970 campaign speech by antisemitic white supremacist Asa Carter into the voice of JD Vance or Elon Musk or Matt Walsh and tell me if you could tell the difference.
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Dr. Bradley Onishi
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đš Coming Sunday: My interview with Pamela Brown of
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Heba Gowayed Ùۚ۩ ŰŹÙÙŰŻ
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I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own governmentâs repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best:
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Gillian Brockell
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Hey
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, itâs actually nine jets, four of them luxury, with another luxury jet on the way. Youâre only counting two luxury jets and the one on the way. Please credit me when you confirm and update your story, thank you!
gillianbrockell.ghost.io/noems-luxury...
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"It turns out that democracy really does die in darkness â at 1:30 a.m. Eastern time, to be exact."
add a skeleton here at some point
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George Conway âïžđșđž
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Social Media Lab
about 11 hours ago
This sh'ld be a much bigger story than itâs being treated. Taiwanâs defense is being negotiated like a bargaining chip, not treated as a fixed red line. EU/Canada sh'ld pay attention as they decide how to rearm & Taiwan should worry. Being sold down the river by Washington is as American as đ pie.
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Social Media Lab
about 11 hours ago
Setting the stage for what's next after Iran. "Taiwan Arms Sale Approved by Congress Is Delayed as Trump Plans Visit to Beijing. The package worth billions of dollars & endorsed by lawmakers is stalled at the State Department as the U.S. & China plan an April summit."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...
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Taiwan Arms Sale Approved by Congress Is Delayed as Trump Plans Visit to Beijing
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/us/politics/trump-taiwan-arms-sale.html
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Adam Kinzinger
about 23 hours ago
The FBI being on high alert for terrorist actions is important right now. Too bad they fired and gutted their counterterrorism capacity
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The Tennessee Holler
about 11 hours ago
PAKISTAN: âAt least nine killed during pro-Iran protests at the đșđž consulate in the Pakistan megacity of KarachiâŠ. Hundreds of pro-Iranian protesters tried to storm the consulate following the US-Israel strikes on Iran, an AFP journalist saw.â
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Brent Toderian
3 days ago
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, itâs actually safer to NOT have them. Via
@usa.streetsblog.org
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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says â Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-separated-bike-lanes-means-safer-streets-study-says
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Don Moynihan
2 days ago
New from
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at Can We Still Govern: To stymie ICE, look at the sources of its power. That includes money but also co-operative 287(g) agreements with state and local govts. Blocking and reversing those agreements weakens ICE capacity. đ§”
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A Federalism Bottleneck?
The Subnational Levers Constraining ICE
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-federalism-bottleneck
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Justin Hendrix
2 days ago
"More than 200 employees from Google and OpenAI have signed an open letter stating their solidarity with Anthropic in limiting the use of advanced AI for domestic surveillance or fully autonomous warfare."
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Google, OpenAI employees call for unified front on military use
Tech workers call for their companies to stand with Anthropic in opposition to domestic surveillance and autonomous warfare.
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/27/google-openai-workers-push-for-military-ai-limits
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Gillian Brockell
3 days ago
SCOOP: Noem's DHS has acquired at least NINE new jets in recent weeks, with another one on the way. Half are luxury jets.
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Noemâs luxury âdeportationâ jet is the tip of the ICE-berg
Kristi Noem's DHS has acquired at least nine new aircraft in recent weeks, with another one on the way. Half are luxury jets.
https://gillianbrockell.ghost.io/noems-luxury-d-jet-for-deportations-is-the-tip-of-the-ice-berg/
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Martha S. Jones
2 days ago
« The historiansâ brief â authored by Professor Martha S. Jones and Professor Kate Masur â centers on the preâCivil War advocacy of free Black Americans for a broad and inclusive principle of birthright citizenship. »
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Historiansâ Amicus Brief in Trump v. Barbara
Two historians and professors of legal history represented by Kendall Brill & Kelly LLPÂ have filed a brief supporting a challenge to President Trumpâs executive order purporting to end birthright citi...
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/historians-amicus-brief-trump-v-barbara
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Jed H. Shugerman
3 days ago
3/ I provide more detailed evidence in support of Part IV in this article, with the support of many legal scholars before me: "An Originalist Case for Birthright Citizenship: The Inclusion of 'Temporary Sojourners' and of Chinese and Roma" forthcoming UC L. J. 2026
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https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5278199
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Jed H. Shugerman
3 days ago
With the outstanding teamwork with Brendan Benedict and Michael Altebrando,
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www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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Kyle Cheney
3 days ago
'IT ENDS TODAY': A federal judge in NJ says the Trump admin has continued to violate court orders in immigration cases and says he's prepared to haul in DOJ and DHS officials under oath.
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Jake Laperruque
3 days ago
More information and devestating rebukes from the court in ongoing litigation over the IRS sharing taxpayer data with ICE "The IRS violated the [Internal Revenue Code] approximately 42,695 times by disclosing last known taxpayer addresses to ICE"
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Order on Motion for Order â #74 in CENTER FOR TAXPAYER RIGHTS v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00457) â CourtListener.com
Order on Motion for Order
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.277519/gov.uscourts.dcd.277519.74.0_1.pdf
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Adam Serwer
3 days ago
After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account
Our national project of elite impunity
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/elite-accountability-powerful-impunity/686134/?gift=Je3D9AQS-C17lUTOnl2W8ImCAJzfV2R8UlH_eHGQVjM&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Tim Marchman
4 days ago
SCOOP: An X account called Johnny MAGA with 300k followers that described the Obamas-as-apes video as "a masterpiece" appears to be a sockpuppet account for a White House rapid-reaction staffer.
@makenakelly.bsky.social
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A White House Staffer Appears to Run Massive Pro-Trump X Account
A popular right-wing account that called a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes "a masterpiece" appears to be run by a White House staffer, according to records reviewed by WIRED.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-white-house-staffer-appears-to-run-massive-pro-trump-meme-page/
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Chris Geidner
4 days ago
"Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind refugee from Burma who Border Patrol agents dropped off at a doughnut shop Thursday and left to find his way home, 5 miles away, has been found dead." To read the words is to damn all involved, from Trump on down.
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Blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo.
A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week.
https://www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/blind-refugee-abandoned-by-border-patrol-is-dead/
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Chris Geidner
4 days ago
The rare "Even Alito" in a Chris Geidner report ...
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SCOTUS rejects private prison company GEO Group's attempt at avoiding accountability
A long-delayed lawsuit challenging GEO Group's treatment of people in immigration detention can proceed again. A unanimous decision that matters â especially now.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-rejects-geo-group-immunity-argument
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Randall Stephens
4 days ago
"Sorryâwe're feeding all the mouths we can." Herblock on Nixon's budget priorities, May 1969.
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Kyle Cheney
5 days ago
"SLOPPINESS": The Trump administration claimed that a man detained by ICE had a criminal convictions for marijuana possession in 2009. The judge pointed out that the man was 4 years old at the time.
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Julia Lurie
5 days ago
New: Immigrants in MN are being released from detention without their IDs, work permits, social security cards, and other key documents that prove their status to begin with
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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ICE took their papersâand wonât give them back
Immigrants are being released from detention without documents proving their status.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/ice-detention-keeping-not-returning-immigration-documents-work-permits/
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The Tennessee Holler
4 days ago
As @JustinWolfers points out â when Trump boasts about the market being up he fails to mention other markets around the world are up way higher in the same period of time đ€·đŒ
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Terndis Shipperound
4 days ago
Should alarm us as much or even more that DHS has spent almost $30 Billion already and includes another $60 Billion in funding for NSA level spyware capable of identifying and tracking the location every immigrant or anyone critical of what they are doing.
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ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree
We need to have a hard look at the surveillance industry. It is a key enabler of vast and untold violations of human rights and civil liberties, and it continues to be used by aspiring autocrats to th...
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/ice-going-surveillance-shopping-spree
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Greg Sargent
4 days ago
Appalling: ICE and CBP contracted for $144 million in weaponry and accessories in Trump's first year, per data obtained by Sen Adam Schiff. For ICE it's a fourfold increase, much of it for military-style weapons. A heavily armed secret police force. 1/ (new piece)
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Trumpâs ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponryâand It Should Alarm Us All
In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end wellâor anytime soon.
https://newrepublic.com/article/206994/ice-stockpiling-military-weaponry-trump-forever-war
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ProPublica
4 days ago
NEW: The Trump administration is easing restrictions on law enforcement agencies sharing information with the intelligence community, raising concerns about the possible violation of laws that bar those agencies from collecting data on U.S. citizens.
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Trump Administration Moves to Allow Intelligence Agencies Easier Access to Law Enforcement Files
âNone of this has been thought through very carefully,â one official said of the plans, which upend long-standing restrictions meant to protect Americansâ privacy.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cia-law-enforcement-records-privacy-intelligence-community?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=2-25
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Sarah Posner
5 days ago
NPR: Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell
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Mother Jones
6 days ago
Emails and documents in the massive Epstein release not yet reported reveal that Lutnick went on to become a prominent figure in AdFinânot merely a minority investorâand that he and his company were financially interconnected with Epstein in the venture for at least six years.
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New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/jeffrey-epstein-files-howard-lutnick-email-cantor-fitzgerald/
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NPR
6 days ago
Observers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were "domestic terrorists" and would be added to a "database" or "watchlist" are now part of a new federal class action lawsuit.
n.pr/4s6JWgo
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A new lawsuit alleges DHS illegally tracked and intimidated observers
Observers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were "domestic terrorists" and would be added to a "database" or "watchlist" are now part of a new federal class action lawsuit.
https://n.pr/4s6JWgo
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Anna O. Law
6 days ago
My book will be out on March 24. A huge THANK YOU to all who pre-ordered and/or asked their public or academic library to pre-order. You can read more including an Author's Q&A about why I wrote the book, who it's for, at the end of this page:
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Caitlin Talmadge
8 days ago
Remember that time the Pentagon's National Defense Strategy declared that the US had "obliterated Iran's nuclear program"? That was **checks notes** January 23, less than 30 days ago.
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Conrad Hackett
8 days ago
NEW: Is there really a 'quiet revival' of religion among Gen Z?
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Is there really a 'quiet revival' of religion among Gen Z?
A fierce debate is taking place about whether there really has been a revival in Christianity.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k1jddl51no
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Christopher Webb
8 days ago
ICE just bought a massive warehouse in Social Circle, Georgia for $128.6 million. Call it what it is: an internment camp expansion happening in town across the country. 1/2
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Kyle Cheney
9 days ago
đThe federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says.
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Austin Kocher, PhD
9 days ago
NEWS: Sen. Schiffâs new report finds DHS committed at least $144M in one year to expand ICE & CBPâs arsenal: including AR-style rifles, ammo, tear gas, and TASERs. ICE spending surged 360%. Raises alarm over rapidly expanding, heavily armed immi force.
www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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NEWS: In New Report, Sen. Schiff Exposes Over $140 Million Dedicated to ICE and CBPâs Deadly Arsenal of Weapons and Munitions Since Start of Second Trump Administration
A review of the governmentâs contracting data reveals skyrocketing spending commitments by ICE and CBP over the past year for a wide range of weapons, munitions, and related accessories âŠ
https://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/news-in-new-report-sen-schiff-exposes-over-140-million-dedicated-to-ice-and-cbps-deadly-arsenal-of-weapons-and-munitions-since/
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The New Republic
9 days ago
The Supreme Court ruling has helped the family of one man in particular: the architect of Trumpâs tariffs himself. A firm headed by Lutnickâs sons was allowing its traders to purchase the rights to hundreds of millions of dollars of refunds in the event tariffs were struck down.
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National Catholic Reporter
9 days ago
The bishops' conference issued a stark critique of plans to double federal immigration detention capacity: "The thought of holding thousands of families in massive warehouses should challenge the conscience of every American."
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US bishops warn ICE mega-detention plan is 'moral inflection point' for America
The bishops' conference issued a stark critique of plans to double federal immigration detention capacity: "The thought of holding thousands of families in massive warehouses should challenge the cons...
https://www.ncronline.org/news/us-bishops-warn-ice-mega-detention-plan-moral-inflection-point-america
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9 days ago
And the administration thinks the trace amounts of mercury in vaccines is deadly. Make it make sense, MAHA. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. E.P.A. Weakens Limits on Mercury From Coal Plants
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/c...
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E.P.A. Weakens Limits on Mercury From Coal Plants
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/climate/epa-mercury-coal-plants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NlA.YSJV.QNz4F7i0S1V1&smid=em-share
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Jess Calarco
10 days ago
I've interviewed moms like thisâmoms who won't vaccinate, reassuring themselves that if their child dies, it's God's will. It's almost impossible to change their minds, because they believe God won't let them into heaven if they vaccinate their kids, since vaccinating means not trusting God's plan.
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Mike Luckovich
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Sarah Posner
9 days ago
The lede on this story 11 Million Visitors Short: Inside Americaâs Continuing Tourism Slump
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/t...
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The Editorial Board
9 days ago
1. Here in America, before the royal formerly known as Prince Andrew was arrested in the UK, Reuters reported the results of a new survey. Ipsos, the pollster, found nearly 70 percent of Americans believe the system is rigged, allowing elites to act with impunity.
www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
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Americans believe Epstein files show the powerful get a pass, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
While Americans generally have low expectations that elites will be held accountable, they're somewhat split along partisan lines on how much longer the nation should dwell on the Epstein affair.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/americans-believe-epstein-files-show-powerful-get-pass-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2026-02-18/?ref=editorialboard.com
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Sarah Posner
10 days ago
NEW Reign of Error podcast with
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, on that White House Religious Liberty Commission meeting that went off the rails, and the rank antisemitism of the Catholic far right:
redcircle.com/shows/fbed71...
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005: MAGA Catholics, Antisemitism & Trumpâs Religious Liberty Commission Implosion
Listen to Reign of Error with Sarah Posner on RedCircle
https://redcircle.com/shows/fbed712f-0027-40af-a33b-fd9de05efc5c/ep/bd06caf5-4852-4a23-9296-f8ebde964637
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Chris Geidner
12 days ago
NEW: SCOTUS changed the rules for bringing cases to the court because John Roberts won't sell his stocks. Roberts and Alito are the only two justices who own individual stocks. Today, at Law Dork:
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SCOTUS changed the rules for bringing cases to the court because John Roberts won't sell his stocks
Roberts and Alito are the only two justices who own individual stocks. Also: A new lawsuit challenges the Trump admin's removal of the Pride flag at the Stonewall Monument.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-changed-the-rules-for-bringing
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Chris Geidner
11 days ago
EXCLUSIVE: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo. Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case â including remote electronic docket access.
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Exclusive: Senior DHS officials double down on arresting and detaining refugees in new memo
Hours after DOJ filed the new memo in court in Minnesota, a magistrate judge denied Law Dork's request for greater public access in the case â including remote electronic docket access.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/exclusive-senior-dhs-officials-double
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Jon Cooper
11 days ago
Rather than turn former Honduran President HernĂĄndez over to immigration officials when he was released from prison just four years into a 45-year sentence for allowing traffickers to export more than 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S, the Trump administration paid to transport him to a posh NYC hotel.
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Amid Mass ICE Arrests, Trump Pardon Recipient Juan Orlando HernĂĄndez Given Special Treatment
After the former Honduran president was pardoned, ICE dropped its detainer on him, and he was whisked away to a luxury hotel in New York City.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ice-pardon-juan-orlando-hernandez-honduras-prison-special-treatment
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