Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew speaks out after ICE arrest: I think what I would have to say to Karoline is just because you went to a catholic school doesn't make you a good catholic.

From President Zelensky's official telegram account.

Update: DOJ haw now sued 18 states. My law firm has already filed to intervene to defend voters in 13 of the first 14 cases. We are working on the remains 5. This is an insane effort by DOJ and we are a small firm. But we are committed to protecting free and fair elections in 2026. More soon.

Of all of Donald's many lies, this would be the biggest—lie, that is.

Trump freed a guy who ran a firm that took $2 billion from Americans seeking to increase their portfolios for retirement -even as its executives used the money to fund lavish lifestyles. Trump freeing him is a bitter pill for folks trying to get back their money. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...

What A Day: Trump’s 95,000 Problems open.substack.com/pub/crookedm...

I Just Found the Report EXPOSING How Trump IS SPYING On PEOPLE open.substack.com/pub/michaelf...

The Epstein Class has to go. My bill legally requires DOJ to release the files in 7 days by December 19th. Any attempts to scrub, coverup, or conceal the truth is subject to prosecution.

Five Questions with First Amendment Lawyer Katie Townsend open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

This is a bill the benefits Trump and Project 2025. If Democrats want to be fighting Trump, the last thing they want to do is pushing bills that are a part of Trump's agenda and the Republican plan to turn American into a fascist state. Why do establishment liberals keep giving Trump ground?

You should be ashamed of yourselves. This is actually a bill aimed at censoring LGBTQ people online.

Oh. Cool. Just as the President is using every power he can to suppress dissent and stifle speech, @whitehouse.senate.gov and the @judiciarydems.senate.gov are trying to hand Trump a new tool to suppress speech online. What a joke.

Steve Bannon ripped off his own followers with his ‘build the wall’ scam. Trump pardons him. Then photos come out showing him hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein AFTER he was charged with child trafficking, and yet he somehow has an audience because really MAGA stands for nothing.

Welcome, Vice President Harris, to the DNC Winter Meeting!

BREAKING Trump DOJ must give files unconstitutionally taken from the devices of Comey’s ex-legal adviser Daniel Richman back to him, a federal judge rules. It’s the evidence at the center of Comey’s case. Background www.allrisenews.com/p/richman-su...

Big Wins for Ukraine: The EU Strikes Back as President Zelenskyy Reports from the Front Line No, Kupyansk isn't occupied by Russia—and President Zelenskyy still isn't wearing a suit. open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

On this week's @bust_magazine blog: Indiana docs don’t have to report abortions to a government fantasizing about arresting them, and a “pro-life” org threatened lawmakers to vote NO on LIFE-SAVING care. Plus! The FDA Commissioner is punting his “review” of mifepristone until after the midterms.

Read our full statement with @immigrantjustice.bsky.social:

Minus one extra "blocking" in the above.

NEW! Our incredible legal team at @immcouncil.org just secured a victory in federal court, reinforcing a ruling blocking blocking ICE from taking unaccompanied children into ICE detention on their 18th birthday, and re-detaining previously-released teenagers. Proud to work with such awesome lawyers!

Speaking of a lack of parking enforcement, a few illegally parked drivers are delaying every bus that uses 2nd Avenue right now, and the hundreds of transit riders on those buses.

🚨 @slotkin.senate.gov warns of new NSPM-7 order tasking federal law enforcement with "coming up with this list of domestic terrorist organizations."

Gift the only journalism left standing

Gift! Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation By @haleaziz.bsky.social TSA is giving ICE passenger lists for domestic flights to identify targets. DHS: “The message to those in the country illegally is clear: The only reason you should be flying is to self-deport home.”

EU to freeze €210bn in Russian assets indefinitely

Using Satellite imagery and Automated Identification System (AIS) data from Lloyd’s List Intelligence we show that a Russian owned bulk carrier sailed from Sevastopol to Saudi Arabia twice in recent months.

The Supreme Court will rule for Republicans in those cases (Callais, NRSC)—that train has left the station. The only way to stop indefinite minority rule is to elect a President and 51 Senators who will: *end the filibuster *pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act *expand SCOTUS and enact term limits

People are worried about Trump not leaving office in 2029 but they should be more worried about the Supreme Court enabling perpetual Republican rule by overturning what remains of the Voting Rights Act and campaign finance laws. SCOTUS has those cases this term.

The Supreme Court will rule for Republicans in those cases (Callais, NRSC)—that train has left the station. The only way to stop indefinite minority rule is to elect a President and 51 Senators who will: *end the filibuster *pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act *expand SCOTUS and enact term limits

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

Confirming my earlier story here: papersplease.org/wp/2025/12/0...

I do feel like Rao and Katsas and Walker are doing a solid for Gorsuch and Kavanaugh and Barrett to make them look like the ~reasonable~ trio of Trump appointees in DC. /s

Georgian Dream Prime Minister posed with Putin today. And their propaganda media, POSTV, writes about Zelenskyy at the front line: “Zelenskyy with the newest iPhone” …

NEW: Shortly before the Indiana Senate voted against passing a GOP gerrymander, a right-wing group warned Republican state lawmakers that Trump would withhold all federal funding if they rejected his demands to redraw congressional districts.

The moment of strike in Saratov 💥👀

I was pleased to join my colleagues in calling for full funding of the Federal Defender Services program.    This program is vital to ensuring protections guaranteed by the Constitution, including the Sixth Amendment.

lmao

As a GOP activist, Harmeet Dhillon frequently insisted that the federal government has “little to say” about how states run their elections. Now, as head of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, she claims the feds have “sweeping” authority to seize state voter rolls.

NEW: Once one of the loudest voices to argue states — not the federal government — should have near-exclusive authority over elections, DOJ Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon now claims the department has “sweeping” authority to seize state voter rolls.

JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

New: a suit filed in federal court late Weds alleges high-ranking cops in CPD—& other city officials—ignored a detective's complaints about fellow officer Marco Torres. He's accused of "physically, mentally and sexually" abusing her, intimidating witnesses, and trying to put out a hit on her:

Wednesday's suit names the city, Superintendent Snelling and then-internal affairs Chief Talley among other defendants in the department. It was filed just hours before the family of Krystal Rivera *also* filed a separate suit alleging the department failed to protect her from an abusive partner:

JUST IN: The Estate of Jeffrey Epstein produces more than 95,000 images to House Oversight from Epstein’s email account and laptop. I walk through the 19 photos that were just publicly released & provide insight into the original subpoena that was served on the Estate. youtu.be/x-w_gUuR534?...

“All the Empty Rooms” is a powerful documentary that follows CBS News’ Steve Hartman as he memorialized the bedrooms of children killed in school shootings. @fredguttenberg.bsky.social, an EP of the film, talks about his continued fight for common sense gun legislation. youtu.be/_TbI3qnWYuo?...

Trump law-lackey, Emil Bove, faces a judicial complaint for attending a highly charged Trump political rally. My latest on the ethics complaint and why Bove’s just digging his own grave by failing to keep a distance from the toxic Trump. youtu.be/rN2A9q6KKDo?...

It's a career path that's all about "advancement" while gaining no actual understanding of law and lawyering.

He was a 2021 Fellow at the James Wilson Institute, so he's a relatively recent law grad.

if the answer to the first question is yes, the implied second question about him instead of a parent can be considered answered

@humanrightsfirst.org ‘s November 2025 ICE Flight Monitor report reveals the continued escalation of the Trump administration’s dangerous and unprecedented mass deportation campaign. Key findings from November: