Worth a read.

Schoolhouse Rock never prepared us for this shit.

Judge to Lindsey Halligan: Explain yourself. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Pretty sure I first learned this in an episode of Schoolhouse Rock almost 50 years ago.

The President does not get to raise and spend his own separate money. This is Constitution 101 stuff, guys.

Swalwell: He couldn't run a casino, and now he's going to run a country in South America while he fails to run a country in North America?

“The divergent fates of the two men accused of similar crimes by the same prosecutor’s office underscores the way Trump and his aides are using the federal justice system to conduct a highly personalized geopolitics.” Replace “geopolitics” with “politics.” It results from malignant narcissism.

Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5 million water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine, records show. By NYT Lisa Friedman www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/c...

Informative thread from my @lawfaremedia.org colleague @sranderson.bsky.social, who is a great follow re: international and domestic law on the use of force. Give him a follow!

"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'" - WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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Alabama’s homicide rate is more than double New York City’s. Remember that the next time Tommy Tuberville criticizes NYC’s “crime and migrants.”

I'll bet they congratulated themselves on how "clever" this was without ever once considering the inhumanity.

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social has coverage of our pending motion for sanctions here.

A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News. Homicides in NYC... 1990: 2,262 1993: 1,927 1998: 629 2001: 649 2013: 335 2019: 320 2021: 488 2024: 382 2025 (as of 12/28): 302

This opinion is bad news for the Trump administration, which is going to have to defend itself against Abrego Garcia’s claim he’s being vindictively prosecuted. But that claim is supported by some of the government’s own emails. Read the details here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Justice Dept. Leaders Pushed to Charge Abrego Garcia, Emails Show www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/n...

NEW: A judge in the Kilmar Abrego case just UNSEALED a Dec 3rd order showing DOJ lied to the court when it said that Blanche's office didn't have anything to do with the decision to prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/

Terrific selection - Steve Banks will be very experienced, very thoughtful Corporation Counsel for NYC.

“If his presidency gives Trump legal protection and the ability to grift, what Trump’s right-wing supporters get from his presidency is the promise of overturning traditional American values in favor of imposing white Christian nationalism on the rest of the country.”

December 27, 2025

By amplifying this post calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist,” the Trump administration just violated the court order that they reference.

Somehow destroying the independence of the DOJ and regularly violating the law didn’t even make the sub-heading of this piece.

This is what's known as "consciousness of guilt"

Popok: In today’s hearing, Judge Xinis extended her order through the holidays that prevents the Trump administration from removing Abrego Garcia or sending him to Liberia or any other country.

JUST IN: Judge postpones decision on whether DAG Blanche & aide Singh must testify at vindictive prosecution hearing for Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Trial due in Jan. also postponed, but court will hear other witnesses Jan. 28. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Meet an American hero.

Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand. He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Not to be too conspiratorial, but this story would undoubtedly portray the Trump admin in a bad light (they sent innocent people to be tortured through a process the Supreme Court unanimously held lacked due process) and now CBS isn't airing it on time.

JUST IN: Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia accuse CBP's Bovino of repeated violations of gag order for inflammatory comments about Abrego's immigrant smuggling case. Defense attys ask judge to impose sanctions on government. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Interesting to consider that if you were to go and deface the Kennedy center by removing Trump’s name, you’d be arrested and charged with a crime, but your act would be no more unlawful than what they’re doing right now.

Trump’s Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...

Rare moments of candor speak volumes. Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

Every single person close to Trump is looking to get their share of the loot.

JUST IN: Judge orders feds to return data & emails from Comey friend Dan Richman, says investigators showed "callous disregard" for Richman's rights through warrantless rummaging through data for recent Comey probe. w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

"It concludes that Ábrego García’s treatment throughout has violated due process... [I]t scorches the Trump administration’s “extraordinary” and “troubling” handling of this whole case, suggesting it’s been utterly lawless and rife with malicious abuses of power."

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...

BREAKING: Judge Blocks ICE From Re-Detaining Abrego Garcia talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

I have been informed that Abrego walked in and out of his ICE check-in this morning with no issues.

WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.

BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING A federal judge BLOCKED feds from RE-DETAINING Kilmar Abrego Garcia this morning at an immigration check-in. A quick thread storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

MORE: Xinis has *granted* the emergency order storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

rule of law Rule of law Rule of Law Rule Of Law! RULE OF LAW!!!

Sean Hecker, Kilmar's attorney, once hailed how much courage it took Kilmar to challenge what DOJ/DHS is doing to him. That stuck with me. Kilmar Abrego is just some guy, vulnerable in a way most of us are not. But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.

"Today’s ruling is a powerful affirmation that the rule of law still matters," Sandoval-Moshenberg said. "The Court made … clear that the govt cannot detain a person indefinitely without legal authority, and that every agency involved must now comply fully and promptly with the Court’s directives."

US judge orders Kilmar Abrego released from immigration detention reut.rs/4oOhLAQ