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After 7 months of delay while the gov’t appealed, Judge Boasberg in DC resumes his inquiry into whether gov’t official were in contempt of court when they flew migrants to El Salvador, sending them into custody in the brutal CECOT prison. Here’s a refresher: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

Chump Is The Real Threat To America......

Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...

Sounds Reasonable Today......

In honour of its proponents, I suggest that the Dmitriev-Witkoff proposal should henceforth be called the Dim-Wit Plan

This week, we had quite a different experience.

The UK is set to become less reliant on imports for critical minerals required for modern tech under a new Critical Mineral Strategy. + 10% will be produced in the UK + 20% will be recycled + imports will be spread across multiple countries. + 50k tonnes of lithium to be produced 1/2

Possibly a #Mr&Mrs shot for #BirdOfTheDay? 😜 Two goldfinches fighting over the bath #stunday #EastCoastKin #ItsMyTurn

When Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old from Texas, asked doctors about terminating her high-risk pregnancy to save her life, they assured her she had nothing to worry about. Then she died of preeclampsia.

Another rose still blooming despite frosts, torrential rain and a hailstorm. Precious Amber - a really striking colour which we first saw at RHS Hyde Hall. 🌱🇬🇧

Covered Bridge #Photography

Republicans know exactly what they are doing in these cases. Speculation that they might simply be waging an ideological battle — and that it could backfire politically — is either dangerous wishful thinking or uninformed. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

Something about the holidays bringing out the best in people? Feelin’ pretty Grinchy this year for a whole lot a people.

A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart. Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE. ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.

i think if you voted for the same guy in 2016 and 2024 you should sit the next election out as part of a “fool me twice” situation

Good Place To Soak It All In And Think Big Thoughts Lake Superior Duluth Minnesota

Another shot of this Sea Eagle from the other day. I’m very tired, but I’ll try and get back to the cliff top today. Have a good one.

As I was saying…

We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled. He’s going to kill people for oil.

That time foxy came to me for help to get porcupine quills out of nose….

NEW: Mr. Abrego's lawyers believe that the lies DOJ told in the civil case warrant immediate dismissal in his criminal case. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/more-evide...

Make America poor again. Make America hungry again. Make America sick again. Make America choose between heat and insulin again. Make America work three jobs again. Is this what anyone voted for?

Our insurance costs (home, health and auto) have gone up substantially this year. The increase is equivalent to some people's mortgages. I don't know how people are surviving this. Talking a lifetime of frugality being erased by greed.

Biden successfully navigated away from recession for 4 yrs only to have Trump thrust is into the worst of all possible economic climates. Separated from trading partners & condemned on the world stage. We’ve entered a downward spiral he is incapable of addressing.

Vladimir Putin is popping champagne corks. His hand puppet in Washington has left the United States alone, weakened and hated on the world stage. Canada and the rest of the world have moved on. financialpost.com/pmn/business...

The 20 biggest political donors on the Forbes billionaires list have collectively given nearly $5 billion between 2015 and 2024. We must get Big Money out of politics. No one from either party should be able to buy an election.

🏥🚨🏥 Healthcare workers: Patient’s rights are being violated. A lot of people are adverse to standing up to “authority,” but we have codes of ethics - each of our professions do. Rise up! 1/2

🚨Teenager goes to lunch in the middle of his school day, gets stopped by ICE, tells ICE he is an American citizen and ICE responds with, “I don’t care.” He was arrested and taken to Portland’s detention center. He was later released. 1/2

Petition to make brands disclose any weird sweeteners they used instead when they have No Sugar Added labels. Stevia is disgusting and gives me a headache and I don’t appreciate being ambushed with it

Cat Apparently Strangled and Set on Fire: Demand Maximum Penalty forcechange.com/657279/cat-a...

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In short: Even though the court ordered discovery based on the likelihood of vindictive and selective prosecution, we don't even need to get into it and you should dismiss the charges now given we just learned the DOJ lied to a judge about Costa Rica not accepting Mr. Abrego.

🤔 Trump is going INSANE! .

Rep Jasmine Crockett on MTG quitting: “I was like, you got to be kidding. You’re on the other side of the president for one week and you can’t take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes.” Greene fanned the flames of hate for years and can’t handle the monster she helped create.

I took my son to the doctor the other day because he had an earache. When we got there before we went inside he looked me dead in the eyes and asked “am I gonna get shot” 😭 I was looking around frantically then realized he meant “a shot”

Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files. So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:

The Bush Administration crafted fear, so Americans would willingly submit to being overly surveiled. And now Dump is manufacturing bullshit, so that surveillance can be ramped up.

My law firm is currently litigating 61 voting and election cases, including 12 redistricting cases. We have four cases in one stage or another before the Supreme Court. These cases — and others like them — will play a pivotal role in whether we have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2028.

Most average working Americans abide by laws and norms. Most are kind and decent. But there is growing rot at the top of our system. And its stench can no longer be ignored. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-732

Right wing troll who pretends to live in places he does not is upset with Twitter for revealing his actual location. How's he supposed to con people if it does that? So not fair!!!